About this role
Job Number:
32566Location:
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalStreet Address:
417 W 3rd AveCity, State:
Albany, GeorgiaZip Code:
31701Department:
PPMH ADMITTINGShift:
Job Type:
Full timePosted Date:
2026-01-20Job Description Summary:
Patient Access Specialists will provide hospital personnel, patients, and their families with a seamless and efficient registration experience including scheduling patient appointments. Patient Access Specialists are instrumental in verifying the eligibility of insurance and other forms of reimbursement along with collecting money due at the point of service. All staff will be cross-functionally trained to support all areas of registration.Patient Access Specialists assigned to the Patient Contact Center may be trained and required to work as switchboard operators. Performs all other duties as assigned.
Description:
Patient Access SpecialistOther facts
About Phoebe Putney Health System
Phoebe Putney Health System (PPHS) is a not-for-profit healthcare delivery system that serves more than half a million residents in Southwest Georgia. With more than 4,300 employees, the system is made up of three hospitals, family medicine clinics, rehabilitation facilities and specialty physician offices. Phoebe Physicians, our employed-physician group, includes well over 300 clinicians who work in 42 clinics in 9 counties. Phoebe’s facilities, advanced medical technologies and treatments, and highly-qualified professionals have distinguished the system as a healthcare leader.
Founded in 1911, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (PPMH) is the health system’s flagship hospital and one of Georgia’s largest comprehensive regional medical centers with 691 beds. PPMH offers medical-surgical care, emergency treatment, cardiac care, obstetrics, pediatrics, wound care and a woman’s health center as well as many services, including: state-of-the-art Cancer Center, Heart & Vascular Center, and the region’s only provider of neonatal intensive care.
Additionally, PPHS includes Phoebe Sumter Medical Center, a 76-bed community hospital in Americus, Ga., and Phoebe Worth Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital located in Sylvester, Ga.
What you'll do
- Patient Access Specialists provide a seamless registration experience for patients and their families, including scheduling appointments and verifying insurance eligibility. They are also responsible for collecting payments at the point of service and may perform other duties as assigned.
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