Health Information Management Specialist- Full time, Evenings-2:30p-11p

Centra Health•Lynchburg, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is an onsite role working evening shift hours (2:30pm-11pm). The schedule will vary weekly: week 1 -MTWFS & week 2-SMWThF. The Health Information Technician performs clerical functions related to ongoing department operations. Performs a variety of functions related to processing, maintenance and security of patient health records.

Requirements

High school diploma/GED
General office equipment experience
Knowledge of basic clerical duties and skills: typing, pulling records, filing, photocopying, answering telephones, faxing
Knowledge of release of confidential health information, terminal digit filing and basic office practices
Excellent communication skills

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in hospital medical records department

Responsibilities

Retrieve all discharged records from nursing units
Verify all discharged records are collected
Researches any records that are not collected
Prep discharged records for scanning into the electronic health record.
Scan documents as needed into the electronic health record, ensuring correct patient folder and encounter
Maintains productivity sheet on all manual processes
Assists the Manager of Health Information and Coordinator of Health Information to ensure any new forms have been approved
Ensures paper records greater than 90 days post discharged are placed in appropriate containers for destruction
Verifies history and physicals and operative notes are completed for each surgical patient using the daily operating room schedule
Assigns financial information numbers (FIN) to loose documents such as insurance verifications/denials, patient rights, other administrative forms
Maintains strict confidentiality of all information including financial/operational, employee/human resource, healthcare/patient data and information.
Works in close collaboration with QCI Technician, Physician Liaison and Analysts Health Information regarding chart retrieval
Performs other duties as assigned.