Patient Access Schedule Agent
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Job Description
Patient access agent scheduling appointments, collecting insurance details, and coordinating records for UMass Memorial Health’s Central Massachusetts healthcare system. Primarily remote, weekday day shift.
Responsibilities:
- Handle incoming phone calls from patients, families, and referring providers to schedule appointments
- Schedule appointments with multiple providers across clinics, departments, practices, and campuses
- Make outbound calls to patients to schedule specialist and subspecialist appointments
- Collect patient demographics, insurance information, and account guarantor details
- Process updates and corrections to patient insurance and demographic information
- Collect patient liabilities before or on the date of service, as appropriate
- Secure medical records from outside healthcare organizations based on appointment visit type
- Schedule in-office procedures and the rooms where procedures will take place
Requirements:
- High school diploma
- English speaking, reading and writing skills
- Strong intrapersonal and communication skills
- Preferred: Associate’s degree in business or healthcare-related field
- Preferred: Previous scheduling and/or phone customer services experience
- Preferred: Previous experience in a health care organization
- Preferred: Bilingual speaking, reading, and writing skills
Benefits:
- Potential signing bonus, subject to eligibility
- Union representation under SHARE (State Healthcare and Research Employees)






