Patient Access Representative
Optum/UHG · Oneonta, New York, United States · US
Hospital Administration
–
Pharmacist
Dentist
Demand65
Career growth40
Healthcare fit30
Remote potential10
5-year outlook
Stable entry-level healthcare administrative pay with limited upward salary movement unless the person moves into revenue cycle, billing, coding, prior authorization, or broader healthcare administration.
Clinical license
Not required
Applicant reach
broad
Seniority
entry
Employment type
–
Date found
2026-11-05
Intelligence details
Flexible work details
- Side income
- Classified as side-income friendly
- Engagement type
- Per-diem
- Hours
- Part-time
- Eligible countries
- United States
- Profession fit
- Pharmacist, Dentist
- Rate period
- Hourly
Why this was classified this way
- per diem
- part-time
Eligibility, licensing, and location restrictions can change. Always confirm details on the source posting before applying.
Why this is worth applying to
Worth considering mainly as an entry point into healthcare administration or revenue cycle, especially for healthcare graduates or IMGs needing U.S. health-system experience. It is unlikely to be a strong career-leverage move for clinicians seeking a higher-level non-clinical path.
Who should apply
Healthcare graduates, IMGs, career changers, and administrative professionals seeking entry into hospital operations or revenue cycle. Less suitable for clinicians who want to translate clinical expertise into consulting, informatics, medical affairs, or other higher-level non-clinical roles.
CV angle
Frame any clinical or patient-facing experience around patient communication, customer service, insurance verification, scheduling, data accuracy, and working within health-system workflows. Highlight familiarity with patient demographics, referrals, prior authorization, co-pay discussions, and accurate documentation without overstating revenue-cycle experience.
Skills to highlight
- Patient registration
- Insurance verification and benefits checks
- Prior authorization and pre-certification
- Co-pay collection and financial conversations
- Patient communication and customer service
- Data entry accuracy and computer systems
- Referral processing
- Healthcare revenue-cycle awareness
Role summary
An entry-level hospital patient access role focused on greeting patients, collecting demographic and insurance information, verifying benefits, processing referrals and prior authorizations, collecting co-pays, and supporting accurate billing/reimbursement.
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