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As a Patient Access Lead at LCMC Health, you play a critical role in ensuring a smooth, accurate, and patient-centered access experience. You support daily operations, guide team performance, and help drive compliance, efficiency, and continuous improvement across patient access functions.
You lead by example-supporting staff, managing workflows, and stepping in when needed to keep operations moving. You balance people leadership with operational accountability, always keeping patient experience and organizational goals top of mind.
What you'll do:
Oversee daily patient access operations to ensure accuracy, compliance, and data integrity
Monitor staff performance and workflows, including revenue cycle work queues
Serve as backup support for Patient Access staff to ensure uninterrupted service
Support staff scheduling, training, onboarding, and performance management
Provide coaching, feedback, and development opportunities to team members
Monitor patient flow and proactively resolve operational or patient-related issues
Ensure compliance with payer, regulatory, and organizational requirements
Participate in process improvement initiatives and share recommendations with leadership
What you'll need:
High School Diploma or equivalent
5+ years of customer service experience, including 3+ years in patient access
Experience supporting or leading teams in a healthcare or revenue cycle setting
Working knowledge of EMR systems, ADT functions, and payer guidelines
Preferred:
Bachelor's degree or higher
CHAM or CHAA certification or other healthcare-related certification
Hospital or emergency department patient access experience
Lead with purpose. Support every patient journey!
WORK SHIFT:
Days (United States of America)
LCMC Health is a community.
Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little "come on in" attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health's culture of everyday extraordinary
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LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.
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