Health Record Specialist

St. Luke's Health System • Boise, ID

3d

About The Position

At St. Luke’s, we pride ourselves on fostering a workplace culture that values diversity, promotes collaboration, and prioritizes employee well-being. Our commitment to excellence in patient care extends to creating an environment where our team can thrive both personally and professionally. With opportunities for growth, competitive benefits, and a supportive community of colleagues, St. Luke’s is truly a great place to work. Under general supervision, the Health Record Specialist is responsible for scanning and indexing documents from ambulatory clinics and hospitals, ensuring accurate and timely processing of health records. What You Can Expect Responsible for verifying, importing, prepping, scanning and maintaining patient health information in the electronic medical record in an accurate and timely manner. Validates completeness of medical record content through a review of documents and provides notification to provider(s) of incomplete status. Reviews electronic medical records to ensure compliance with rules, regulations, and company policy. Identifies and assigns any deficiency to the appropriate provider to complete minimum documentation requirements. Monitors the status of incomplete medical records and notifies providers of pending and delinquent medical records to support timely record completion. Monitors work queues for indexing documentation into the electronic health record. Documents and transcribes in the patient health record appropriate health information. Creates new encounters and orders to accommodate patient health information as appropriate. Routinely communicates with physicians and their office staff, as well as other health care facilities. Responds to requests for health information and follows established facility standards, state and federal guidelines. Processes the release of health information/medical records for continuity of care purposes. Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• One (1) year relevant experience

Responsibilities

• Responsible for verifying, importing, prepping, scanning and maintaining patient health information in the electronic medical record in an accurate and timely manner.
• Validates completeness of medical record content through a review of documents and provides notification to provider(s) of incomplete status.
• Reviews electronic medical records to ensure compliance with rules, regulations, and company policy.
• Identifies and assigns any deficiency to the appropriate provider to complete minimum documentation requirements.
• Monitors the status of incomplete medical records and notifies providers of pending and delinquent medical records to support timely record completion.
• Monitors work queues for indexing documentation into the electronic health record.
• Documents and transcribes in the patient health record appropriate health information.
• Creates new encounters and orders to accommodate patient health information as appropriate.
• Routinely communicates with physicians and their office staff, as well as other health care facilities.
• Responds to requests for health information and follows established facility standards, state and federal guidelines.
• Processes the release of health information/medical records for continuity of care purposes.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Benefits

• At St. Luke’s, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission – and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Personify Health Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees