Health Information Analyst

SSM Health • Mount Vernon, IL

3d • $18 - $26 • Onsite

About The Position

Reviews electronic health records for completeness and compliance with established rules and regulations.

Requirements

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience
• Two years' experience
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes medical records for content to ensure compliance to entity and regulatory standards.
• Reviews medical records and identifies documentation deficiencies according to established medical record standards.
• Ensures that physician auto-populated deficiencies have been accurately assigned in order to optimize physician satisfaction.
• Performs follow-up procedures on coding work queues to ensure all records are coded in a timely manner.
• Analyzes scanned documents in the queue to ensure all information has been scanned appropriately, is clear and without omission/inaccuracies, possesses the correct patient identification, and is scanned correctly as a document type in line with our commitment to patient safety.
• Identifies physicians that meet suspension criteria according to the ministry medical record completion policy and Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED