[Hiring] Health Information Management Specialist @Proliance Surgeons

Role Description

The Health Information Management Specialist is responsible for coordination of medical records, physician dictation & transcription, and any other administrative duties.

Remote - must be currently located, or willing to relocate to the following states - Washington State, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, and/or Tennessee. Must also be able to work PST hours.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for maintaining accurate tracking file for receipt of dictation and signatures.
• Communications with physicians and their care teams to ensure timely receipt of dictation and signatures.
• Responsible for meeting active annual goals for the medical records department with chart audits and compliance.
• Verify and operate within state mandated requirements for medical records requests.
• Issue invoices and track payments from entities requesting medical records.
• Retrieve appropriate chart documentation as indicated by the facility policy for returning patients.
• Maintain confidentiality and compliance measures for medical records maintenance at the center.
• Tracking completion of pathology reports.
• Assist with the registration of surgery patients including obtaining all appropriate insurance information and signatures from patients.
• Assist in retrieval hospital/ER records for all transfer patients and/or cases.
• Accountable for reporting occurrences through the established reporting process related to employee and/or patient/visitor events.
• Fosters the developmental and educational process of self, colleagues, trainees and students (includes functioning as a preceptor as needed).
• Participates in acceptable continuing education, fostering career and skill development including meeting departmental continuing education requirements.
• Assists in managing controllable costs by the proper, non-wasteful use of Surgery Center resources.
• Any and all other duties as assigned including those assigned to Patient Services Representative.

Qualifications

• High School diploma/GED or equivalent.
• Medical terminology knowledge preferred.
• Two years of experience in related field preferred.

Requirements

• Comply with company policies, procedures, practices and business ethics guidelines.
• Complete job required training.
• Comply with all applicable laws and regulations, (e.g. HIPAA, Stark, OSHA, employment laws, etc.).
• Demonstrate prompt and reliable attendance.
• Work in the surgery center during business hours.
• Travel independently throughout the surgery center (which may include movement from floor to floor); frequent bending, lifting, standing, stooping or sitting for long periods of time may be required.
• Work at an efficient and productive pace, handle interruptions appropriately and meet deadlines.
• Communicate and interact in a respectful and professional manner.
• Prioritize workload while being flexible to meet the expectations of the daily operations.
• Apply principles of logical thinking to define problems, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Understand and execute a variety of instructions.
• Effectively operate equipment and communicate on and operate the phone system.
• Work independently with minimal supervision.
• Travel to other work locations, if required.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

The work environment/physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a teammate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable differently abled persons to perform the essential functions.