CERTIFIED HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TECHNICIAN - HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

Cook County•Chicago, IL

14h•$53,150 - $61,730•Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Health Information Management Technician is responsible for ensuring timely and accurate completion of medical record documentation by performing various technical duties including physician & patient support, record analysis, master patient index maintenance, medical record merges, release of information & audit support, document imaging & scanning, and other functions.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in health information technology or health information administration from an accredited college or university. (Must provide official transcripts at time of interview)
Credentialed by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) as a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) or Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT). (Must provide credentialed at time of interview)
Two (2) years of experience in Health Information Management
Prior experience using and understanding Medical Terminology
Experience working with Electronic Health Record systems
Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel

Nice To Haves

Prior experience utilizing Cerner Electronic Health Record

Responsibilities

Analyzes medical records for required content, signatures and searches for documentation required for record completion.
Ensures the quality of health information verifying the completeness, accuracy, and proper entry into the Electronic Health Record systems.
Uses computer applications to assemble and analyze patient data for the purpose of improving patient care or controlling costs.
Maintains Physician deficiency/delinquent reports for incomplete documentation for record completion, coding, and reimbursement.
Processes and compiles statistics for delinquency reporting.
Maintains transcription interfaces and corrections of errors to prevent loss report interfaces.
Reviews daily discharged, not final billed (DNFB) bill hold report to ensure timely filing for insurance payer accounts.
Generates and verifies the accuracy of reports as requested and required.
Picks up medical record documents from the hospital's units/floors and transports to 1340 S. Damen Avenue to be scanned and included in the electronic health records.
Picks up Medical Record documents from clinical areas in Correctional environment.
Adheres to the Department of Corrections rules and regulations.
Follows record retention guidelines and prepares records and scanned documents for destruction.
Assists with record retention record purging.
Maintains online continuity of care referral documents to support Meaningful Use requirements.
Maintains demographic corrections-i.e. name, date of birth, address, social security numbers.
Maintains merges of duplicate medical record numbers.
Maintains Cerner Physician document refusal pool.
Maintains patient portal requests for protected health information.
Prepares, scans, validates and indexes paper documents into the Electronic Health Record.
Retrieves electronic health information for internal and external requests as appropriate (e.g., release of information, audits, reviews).
Processes Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS), Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) and regulatory audit requests for protected health information via secure patient portal.
Attends departmental required in-service and training programs as requested or required.
Maintains the confidentiality of information and ensures that all Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) guidelines are adhered to.
Maintains a cooperative working relationship with coworkers and management.
Maintains a clean, safe and functional work area.
Performs other duties as assigned.