An insurance verification representative is someone in health care who works with patients and hospitals to interpret insurance coverage. In this job, your responsibilities are to review the treatments that a patient will need as well as the benefits granted to them by their insurance policy. You then determine their eligibility and coverage for those treatments and procedures. You may be needed to provide authorization for certain procedures and assist hospitals and patients in filing claims. Additionally, your duties are to enter patient data, update insurance plan information in the hospital’s database, and verify that existing information is accurate.