Health Information Management Clerk Temp

Sea Mar Community Health Centers•Seattle, WA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization.

Requirements

Analyzing ability and prioritizations skills.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to organize workload.
Must be able to efficiently utilize keyboard.
Good computer navigations skills are required.
Familiarity with Microsoft Suite.
Must be able to navigate Windows based programs.
Knowledge and/or training in the state and federal laws governing privacy and confidentiality.
Some knowledge of medical terminology.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, policy and procedure manuals and reference manuals, including legal language used in court documents and state/federal regulations.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
Ability to solve practical problems.
Must be able to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written and oral form.
Incumbent must have complete Employee Health Screening.
A TB/PPD test is required annually.
The Health Information Clerk must sign an oath or permanent confidentiality covering all patient related information.
Must receive a background check from the Washington State patrol.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or Vocational school graduate with some medical experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage, sort and distribute incoming clinical documents, whether received via fax, mail, courier or electronic transmission.
Convert any electronically received documents to picture format and distribute.
Scan incoming clinical documents into Allscripts Input Manager within 1 day of receipt.
Index scanned documents into patient health records accurately and efficiently.
Utilize established type codes for indexing into the health record.
Print, fax or export patient health records in response to requests from external entities, using established Sea Mar Policies and Procedures and following state and federal law, including HIPAA.
Maintain current and accurate documentation of any health record disclosures using established policies and procedures.
Retrieval of purged paper charts from Sea Mar Records Center.
Maintain immaculate documentation of all interactions regarding patient health care records.
Check insurance eligibility for outgoing referral processing.
Research and contact external specialists or organizations regarding outgoing referrals.
Provide appropriate Sea Mar records for referrals to external specialists or organization, either in paper or electronic format.
Immaculate documentation of all interactions during referral processing to an external specialist or organization.
Maintain work area in a neat and orderly fashion.
Communicate disclosure status with external requestors.
Stay well informed and current with standard Sea Mar Health Information Policies and Procedures.
Referral Tracking as assigned.
Provide courteous, friendly customer service to clients, patients, co-workers and community partners.
Other duties as assigned by leadership.