Medical Record Indexing

Description

JOB TITLE: Medical Record Indexing

REPORTS TO: Front Desk Team Lead / Finance Director

FSLA STATUS: Non-Exempt

JOB OVERVIEW:

Manages efficient patient medical records and chart documentation; performs various clerical duties; interfaces with clinic personnel, and fellow employees to ensure positive relationships.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform administrative duties and assists providers.

• Maintains patient charts.

• Responsible for safeguarding patient records and ensuring compliance with HIPAA standards.

• Scan documents in the EHR.

• Check voicemail and returns patient calls the same day.

• May be responsible for ordering and maintaining office supplies.

• Demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Office and NephroChoice

• Perform other clerical tasks as needed, such as answering phones, faxing, and patient check in and out.

• Must have reliable transportation.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Experience:

1. High school diploma or GED equivalent Skills:

• Knowledge of medical practice

• Knowledge of answering phones and taking messages

• Knowledge of common safety hazards and precautions

• Ability to identify problems and seek appropriate guidance

• Ability to maintain records with confidentiality

• Ability to apply practice guidelines, protocols, and professionalism.

• Ability to use good reasoning and judgment and react calmly in emergency situations

• Ability to read, write and communicate effectively orally and in writing

• Knowledge of basic arithmetic • Basic computer skills Physical abilities:

• Sit for extended periods of time; push, pull and reach; occasionally bend, sit, stoop and stretch

• Have full range of body motion

• Have the hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity needed to operate a keyboard, photocopier, telephone, calculation

• Have a normal range of hearing and eyesight to record, prepare and communicate appropriately

• Occasionally lift and carry up to 20 pounds

Note: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. The intent of this job description is to provide a representation of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.