What are the responsibilities and job description for the Release of Medical Information Specialist position at Geisinger?
- Processes requests for information from patient health record.
- Validate compliance with a properly executed authorization or request with Pennsylvania State and Federal Privacy Regulations to determine compliance.
- Reviews and selects information within all medical record formats according to patient or patient’s legal representative’s request.
- Able to review and identify hyper-protected health information and additional requirements needed for appropriate disclosure.
- Obtains clarification of the medical information requesting writing where appropriate.
- Process requests for medical information related to continuation of care, disability, payment review.
- Maintains computer log of requests and current status of request using release of medical information software.
- Receives, reviews, validates and processes all requests for medical information for the organization with all State and Federal regulation related to all legal requests such as attorney requests, subpoenas, court orders, and search warrants.
- Assists medical staff with identification of information needed by requestor and coordinates completion.
- Prepares encrypted compact disks to provide to patient or 3rd party as required.
- Acts as liaison with internal and external customers such as patient, executors, power of attorney, attorneys, or other 3rd party requestors and answer specific questions related to government regulations and disclosure policies.
- Uses multitude of computer programs including, but not limited to, Microsoft programs, electronic health record, legacy electronic medical record systems, microfilm, paper, and off-site storage requests
Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.
*Relevant experience may be a combination of related work experience and degree obtained (Associate’s Degree = 2 years; Bachelor’s Degree = 4 years).
