Medical Records Senior Specialist

Job Summary:

This position is responsible for providing HIM support in maintaining the Department's paper and electronic health record system. The incumbent will have an understanding of privacy and security guidelines related to patient information and maintain HIPAA confidentiality. Key duties rely heavily on the ability to learn and navigate efficiently within an electronic health record.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Document Imaging: Prepping, Scanning, Quality Review/Validation/Indexing
• Function(s) within Document Imaging: Ensuring records are prepped, scanned, and QC/indexed into the Document Management Solution/EMR in a timely manner.
• Document Chart Analysis: Analyzing medical records for completion, assigning and reassigning provider deficiencies as needed in accordance with regulatory guidelines.
• Support Missing Documentation and Provider Queries
• Chart Pickup (Rounding) and Reconciliation
• Data Integrity Duties
• Maintain Productivity Metrics
• Assist Agencies with Patient Record Information
• Answer Phones and Process Continuity of Care Requests

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• PC Skills: Proficiency in Keyboard Operations and Microsoft Office Applications
• Customer Orientation: Establishing Long-Term Customer Relationships
• Privacy and Security: Understanding Patient Information Confidentiality
• Vital Statistics: Birth Certificate and Paternity Acknowledgement
• Organization: Efficient Work Completion and Multi-Tasking
• Quality Orientation: Accurately Checking Processes and Tasks

Education/Experience:

• Minimum: High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Preferred: Two Years' Experience in a Hospital Health Information Management Department

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Preferred: RHIT or RHIA Certification

Physical Demands:

• Sitting for Extended Periods
• Efficient Computer Use
• Lifting Up to 25 Pounds

Work Environment:

• Pleasant Inside Environment
• Light Physical Effort
• Intense Mental Concentration Stress