What are the responsibilities and job description for the MEDICAL RECORDS CLERK position at Beacon Orthopaedic Partners MSO LLC?
Job Description
Job Description
Job Summary
Responsible for answering calls, retrieving faxes, scanning, maintaining, and responding to inquiries for patient records.
Essential Functions
- Receives calls from patients, physician offices and requesting entities for patient records.
- Must comply with HIPAA confidentiality standards when accessing or communicating patient information.
- Copies records upon request and responds to requests for protected health information as allowable by law.
- Fills out necessary paperwork for FMLA and disability.
- Scans needed material into patient records.
- Answers phones in pleasant manner, deals with patient (customer) needs expeditiously.
- Purges obsolete files from storage for destruction per department guidelines.
- Additional duties as assigned by supervisor.
Skills and Abilities
Ability to work on several projects simultaneously.
Physical / Mental Demands
Environmental Working Conditions
Standard Qualifications
Education : High School Diploma or equivalent.
Experience : Minimum of one year office experience, preferably one year of medical records experience.
Knowledge of medical terminology and experience with medical software / office equipment desirable.
This description is intended to provide guidelines for meeting job requirements. Responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities, and working conditions may evolve as needs change.
The job holder must demonstrate current competencies applicable to the job position.
South Bend Orthopedics (SBO) has the right to revise this position description at any time.
This position description is not a contract of employment and does not alter the employee’s at-will employment status.
