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Patient Access Specialist

Wellstar Health System
East Cobb Health Park, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 8 Oct 2025

About the role

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

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Shift: Monday-Friday 9:30am-6:00pm

  • This job is typically the first point of contact and must ensure a pleasant experience for patients and visitors.

  • Interviews patients and/or their representatives to obtain complete and accurate demographic, financial and insurance information, required for billing and collecting patient accounts.

  • Conducts intensive screening of all Medicare, Medicaid and managed care patients for pre-certification requirements and provider service eligibility, prior to registration.

  • Obtains all necessary customer consents/attestations.

  • Coordinates the collection of all estimated patient liabilities, including co-payments and unmet deductibles.

  • Verifies insurance benefits and coverage for inpatients and outpatients.

  • Responds to customer requests and answers questions regarding various service and account information.

  • Analyzes and rectifies customer concerns using established procedures.

  • Uses computer to access and/or update customer records.

  • Verifies and posts transactions.

  • Follows established procedures for processing receipts, cash etc.

  • Sorts and files various documents.

  • Assists with general hospital information and directions to departments within and outside of the WHS facility.

  • Establishes financial arrangements to reduce financial risk for WHS, helping to ensure that WellStar is reimbursed for its services.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Quality/ Safety

  • Receives requests for reservations (patient scheduling) from physicians offices and makes the necessary pre-admission arrangements, referring to lists of dates allotted for scheduling, and advising physicians office staff of unavailable dates.

  • Interviews each patient or representatives to obtain complete and accurate demographic, financial and insurance information.

  • Enters all patient information into the registration system.

  • Obtains all necessary signatures and is knowledgeable regarding any special forms that may be required by the patients third party payer.

  • Reads physicians orders to determine the procedures requested and to instruct patients accordingly.

  • Escorts or arranges to have patient escorted to procedure areas and assigned rooms.

  • Makes corrections and updates patient account information in computer.

  • Obtains new medical record numbers for newborn admissions and other new patients.

  • Documents thorough explanatory notes on patient accounts, concerning any non-routine circumstances, clarifying special billing processes.

  • Maintains a working knowledge of available information system capabilities and performs all system applications that are required.

  • Understands and applies WHS philosophy and objectives, and PAS policies and procedures, as related to assigned duties.

  • Understands the admission, outpatient and emergency registration process.

  • Maintains confidentiality of patient information, in accordance with WHS policy and HIPPA regulations.

  • Consistently demonstrates the ability to organize work, recognizes and establishes appropriate work priorities, and completes work in a productive manner, without creating backlogs.

  • Maintains proficiency in data entry skills.

  • Assists physicians and their office staff to expedite scheduling, pre-admission, Medicaid screening and pre-certifications on all accounts.

  • Resolves error and applicable Claim, DNB, and Patient WorkQueues.

Customer Service

  • Greets all guest with a positive and professional attitude.

  • Receives patients valuables for safekeeping in the hospital safe.

  • Answers incoming phone calls and follows through with requests made.

  • Maintains courteous and cooperative working relationships with WHS management, patients, physicia

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