Description
Admissions and Registration Provide frontline leadership for Patient Access Services operations across inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care settings. As the Patient Access Services Supervisor, you will oversee daily registration, admissions, insurance verification, authorization, and financial counseling activities while managing staff performance, workflow coordination, and operational efficiency. This role collaborates with clinical departments, administrative teams, and revenue cycle partners to improve patient access processes, strengthen registration accuracy, prevent denials, and support a positive patient experience. In this role, you will:
- Supervise
daily patient access operations, including registration, admissions, insurance verification, authorizations, financial counseling, and point-of-service collections across assigned service areas. - Coordinate
staff schedules, assignments, and staffing coverage to maintain efficient operations and meet departmental service expectations. - Monitor
registration accuracy, productivity, work queues, and documentation requirements, providing guidance and implementing improvements to address errors, incomplete accounts, and operational challenges. - Lead
staff orientation, training, competency development, and performance management activities, including coaching, evaluations, employee relations matters, and recommendations for personnel actions. - Support
financial screening and assistance programs for uninsured and underinsured patients while monitoring point-of-service collection performance and identifying opportunities for improvement. - Collaborate
with clinical departments, physician offices, Patient Business Services, Managed Care, Information Technology, and other operational partners to resolve patient access issues and improve patient flow. - Oversee
administrative activities, including payroll approvals, staffing assessments, resource coordination, operational reporting, and communication of departmental priorities and risks. - Ensure
compliance with Medicare, Medi-Cal, commercial payer requirements, HIPAA, regulatory standards, labor agreements, and organizational policies. - Participate
in quality improvement, denial prevention, service excellence, and operational initiatives that strengthen patient access performance, staff effectiveness, and revenue cycle outcomes.
Salary Range:
$32.42 to $64.51 hourly
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's
degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Health, or a related field, or equivalent education, training, and experience. - Three
or more years of experience in patient access, admissions, registration, financial counseling, revenue cycle, or related healthcare operations. - Knowledge
of patient registration, admissions, insurance verification, authorization, and financial counseling processes. - Supervisory
experience involving daily operations, staffing assignments, workflow coordination, and employee development. - Knowledge
of medical terminology, payer requirements, third-party reimbursement practices, Medicare, Medi-Cal, commercial insurance guidelines, and healthcare regulatory requirements. - Customer
service skills when interacting with patients, families, physicians, and multidisciplinary teams. - Leadership
skills to coach employees, address performance issues, and promote teamwork and collaboration. - Analytical
and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify operational issues and implement corrective actions. - Effective
written and verbal communication skills when working with diverse stakeholders. - Proficiency
with electronic health record systems, registration platforms, scheduling tools, and standard business software. - Organizational
skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet operational deadlines. - Knowledge
of labor agreements, workplace policies, and applicable human resources practices.
Preferred
- One or
more years of experience performing lead or supervisory responsibilities. - Certified
Revenue Cycle Representative (CRCR) certification. - Certified
Healthcare Access Manager (CHAM) certification. - Certified
Patient Account Representative (CPAR) certification. - Healthcare
Financial Management Association (HFMA) revenue cycle certification. - Experience
supporting hospital-based patient access operations in inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care settings. - Experience
participating in revenue cycle improvement, denial prevention, or process improvement initiatives.
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