**Employment Type:**
Full time
**Shift:**
Day Shift

**Description:**

**Job Title:**   Patient Access Representative

**Employment Type:**   Full-Time

**Shift:**   Days, 8am-4:30pm with a 6 week Saturday rotation.

**Location:** St. Mary Medical Center

**Summary:**

The patient access representative performs all outpatient, emergency room and inpatient registration functions, including up- front cash collections and insurance verification. Ensures that patients meet financial requirements, provides general information to hospital users, patients and families. Communicates effectively to service delivery areas to maximize patient flow and customer service and provides excellent patient focused customer service.

+ Verifies _insurance_ benefits and checks for the necessity of pre- _certification_ , authorization and referral.
+ Performs medical necessity checks where needed.
+ Secures patient signature...