Appalachian Regional Healthcare

Patient Access Supervisor

Job Locations US-KY-Lexington
Requisition ID
2026-39480
# of Openings
1
Category
Remote
Community
System Lexington
Position Type
Regular Full-Time
Department
Centralized PAC
Shift
Day Shift

Overview

A Patient Access Supervisor is responsible for managing the patient access functions of a healthcare facility, including patient registration, appointment scheduling, insurance verification, and patient information management. This role requires strong organizational and leadership skills to oversee a team of patient access representatives, communicate effectively with other healthcare professionals, and ensure high-quality patient experiences.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise and direct a team of patient access representatives, providing guidance and training to ensure efficient and effective patient access operations.
  • Manage patient registration, appointment scheduling, insurance verification, eligibility, pre-authorization, and out-of-pocket cost estimates functions.
  • Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations, insurance requirements, privacy standards, and facility policies.
  • Continuously evaluate and improve patient access processes, workflows, and technologies to enhance the patient experience and optimize department performance.
  • Implement best practices, standards, and quality metrics to measure and monitor patient access performance, productivity, accuracy, and timeliness.
  • Collaborate with other healthcare professionals, such as physicians, nurses, administrators, and finance staff, to achieve organizational goals and optimize patient outcomes.
  • Develop and maintain positive relationships with patients, families, and caregivers by providing exceptional customer service, empathetic communication, and personalized experiences.
  • Provide accurate and timely reports to management, stakeholders, and regulatory agencies regarding patient access statistics, trends, and issues.
  • Completes charge reconciliation, late charge additions, and unfinalized review of billing.
  • Review denials that are specific to authorizations, eligibility, registration, needing more information, etc. that are assigned by the Central Billing Office and Meditech.
  • Verify that all scheduled services have authorizations, as needed.
  • Establish point-of-service collection goals for the registration staff.
  • Resolve assigned tasks.
  • Resolved assigned account checks.
  • Assist hospital departments with removing and adding charges.
  • Work the return to client file as assigned by the Meduit for resolution.
  • Check and work mail.
  • Quality Assurance checks of consent forms, cards, and insurances are verified.Assist other departments as needed with claim resolution.
  • Work the assigned PAD functions, as needed.

Qualifications

Education

  • High School Diploma required.

Experience

  • Minimum of three (3) years of experience in Patient Access or a related healthcare field required.
  • At least one (1) year of supervisory or management experience required.

Knowledge

  • Knowledge of healthcare regulations, insurance requirements, privacy standards, and facility policies.
  • Understanding of governmental and private insurance guidelines.
  • Strong clinical knowledge with the ability to conduct chart reviews and communicate effectively with physicians and medical staff.
  • Experience utilizing electronic health record (EHR) systems, practice management software, and patient data management tools.

Skills and Abilities

  • Excellent organizational, leadership, communication, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with healthcare professionals, patients, families, and caregivers.
  • Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and quality assurance.
  • Ability to exercise sound judgment and maintain professionalism in a fast-paced healthcare environment.

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