Summary
Job Description:
BHMG Surgery
Job Description:
Patient Access describes a multi-disciplinary function that is carried out at the point of service areas of the medical office. Patient Access Representatives perform front office duties under the general direction of the Clinical/Practice Manager or designee. These duties include, but are not limited to, greeting patients and visitors; verifying patients’ demographic and insurance information; registering patients; obtaining necessary signatures; determining patients’ out-of-pocket expense, collecting and documenting patient payments and/or financial counseling as appropriate; scheduling appointments; ensuring patient flow; switchboard; and medical records management. Customer service, clerical skills, fiduciary responsibility, and accuracy are extremely important in this role.
High school diploma or equivalent required.
Computer skills required.
Clerical experience in the medical office setting preferred.
Other education preferred.
Benefits Include:
Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
Retirement with Company Match
Generous Paid Time Off (Including Maternity/Paternity Leave)
Short/Long Term Disability
Skills Required
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Computer skills
- Clerical experience in a medical office setting
- Additional education
What We Do
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
