HIM Identity Specialist
About The Position
Cottage Health seeks a HIM Identity Specialist for their CH Health Information Management department responsible for providing support to the HIM Department and Members of the Medical Staff to ensure the electronic legal patient medical record and demographic data meets regulatory requirements and supports high quality patient care by being legible, complete and accurate. Assists with general duties as needed to ensure information is easily accessible and available in a timely manner to authorized users and protected health information is maintained in a confidential manner. Supports patients with ensuring complete and accurate birth certificate data and timely filing of paternity documents. Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, CA, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion. Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first. We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.
Requirements
- Related years of experience
Responsibilities
- Provide support to the HIM Department and Members of the Medical Staff.
- Ensure electronic legal patient medical record and demographic data meets regulatory requirements.
- Support high quality patient care by ensuring records are legible, complete, and accurate.
- Assist with general duties as needed to ensure information is easily accessible and available in a timely manner to authorized users.
- Maintain protected health information in a confidential manner.
- Support patients with ensuring complete and accurate birth certificate data and timely filing of paternity documents.
Benefits
- Shift differentials
- On-call pay
- Incentive pay
- Bonus opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
