**Position Summary:** Responsible for ensuring accounts are financially cleared prior to the date of service. Interview patients when scheduled for an elective, urgent, inpatient or outpatient procedure. **Essential Functions and Responsibilities:** + Financially clears patients for each visit type, admit type and area of service via the Electronic Medical Record- EMR, electronic verification tools. + Accurately and efficiently performs registration using thorough interviewing techniques, registering patients in appropriate status, and following registration guidelines. + Starts the overall patient's experience and billing process for outpatient and inpatient services by collecting, documenting, and scanning all required demographic and financial information. + Responsible for obtaining and verifying accurate insurance information, benefit validation and authorizations. + Estimates and collects copays, deductibles, and other patient financial obligations. + Manages all responsibilities within hospital and department compliance guidelines and in accordance with Meaningful Use requirements. + Applies recurring visit processing according to protocol. + Performs duties otherwise assigned by management. **Qualifications:** _Required:_ + High school diploma or equivalent required + One year experience in patient access, registration, billing or physician office _Preferred:_ + One-year experience in insurance verification and authorization using Windows (Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.), an EMR system, Electronic Eligibility System and various websites for third party payers for verification **Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans**