Health Information Scanning Analyst

Hackensack Meridian Health•Red Bank, NJ

6d•$21

About The Position

Overview Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change. The Health Information Scanning Analyst is responsible for compiling, organizing and analyzing patient medical records for Hospital Inpatient and Hospital Outpatient services to support the network goals for accuracy, timeliness and completeness for purposes of continued patient care, revenue and compliance with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH), The Joint Commission (TJC) and the Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) Network policies and procedures. This position will be a day shift with the hours being 8:30am-5:00pm.

Requirements

High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
Good organizational and communication skills.
Computer literate.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proficient computer skills including such as Microsoft Office and Google Suite platforms.
This role can and may require you to bend, lift, and carry up to 10lbs of weight for extended periods of time.
This role can and may require you to walk and/or travel as needed to different floors, buildings, and sites within the HMH network to retrieve necessary documentation.

Nice To Haves

Experience in health information or health care or related field.

Responsibilities

Retrieves paper records of all discharged patients from the nursing units in each campus.
Ensures all discharged charts are accounted for, utilizing the Chart Reconciliation work queue in Epic.
Creates a list of all charts not received and communicates with nursing and ancillary staff to resolve status.
Organizes and assembles charts to remove documents that should not be scanned into the legal medical record and ensures that each page has the correct patient information.
Prepares medical records for scanning including labeling of documents removing staples and tape.
Scans documents into the legal medical record ensuring the complete original document is scanned appropriately for data integrity.
Performs quality control (QC) of all scanned images for accuracy of the patient chart- image is exact replica of the original paper document. Rescans and reindexes original document when necessary according to procedure.
Investigates, analyzes, verifies patient information utilizing multiple hospital computer applications to perform Document Corrections to maintain the accuracy and integrity of the patient record.
Assists with medical record merging of potential duplicates as necessary and accurately completes potential duplicate merges as per departmental policy.
Accurately reviews and analyzes HI deficiencies in Epic with a 98% accuracy rate which includes selecting the responsible physician(s).
Performs re-analysis of records accurately ensuring information meets regulatory requirements regarding content.
Continuously monitors and reviews Chart Deficiency work queues ensuring timeliness and accuracy.
As appropriate, performs physician suspension process by sending notification to the providers on their delinquent records.
Assists physicians in the completion of their medical record deficiencies as needed.
Performs release of information as necessary.
Assists patients with MyChart issues, providing verification codes, password assistance, and proxy access.
On a timely basis, requests archived medical records from the storage vendor as needed.
Answers the telephone within three rings identifying self and the department.
Responds professionally and addresses the caller's needs appropriately.
Routes medical record requests received to the ROI vendor.
Advises Coordinator or Supervisor on situations requiring follow-up.
Required to meet specific performance metrics of productivity, accuracy and quality assurance. 22. Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.