HIM Specialist I - FT - Days - HIMS - Medical Records @ MV

El Camino Health • Mountain View, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The HIM Specialist I is responsible for the daily validation and reconciliation of patient documentation, chart preparation and scanning for the facility’s legal medical record. The HIM Specialist I adheres to all ECH and HIM policies and procedures and will be required to work occasional weekends and holidays as scheduled. May be required to work alternate shifts / alternate campuses and other duties as assigned to meet operational needs of the department.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience with basic office equipment.
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office to include Outlook Word and Excel.
• Prior experience working independently and in a team environment
• Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills.
• Attention to detail in order to differentiate text and numeric sequences.
• Basic understanding of hospital HIM operations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Health Information Department or other healthcare area preferred.
• Knowledge of basic medical terminology, preferred

Responsibilities

• Chart assembly/validation with loose sheet analysis via the One Content system with follow up of missing documentation
• Emergency Room chart analysis
• Facility and clinic scanning with QA of scanned images, documentation of findings and corrective action
• Timely and accurate indexing of patient information
• Processing myCare activation requests
• Validating and processing Advance Care Planning documentation via Epic.
• Validation of insurance/payor requests for release of information and create/scan requests into the release module
• Assist patients in the lobby with completion of record requests
• Prepares medical records for transportation to off-site storage facility for record retention to include fetal monitor strips using chart tracking software
• Prepares productivity reports using Excel
• Opens and processes mail

Benefits

• El Camino Health will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability if that will allow them to perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so creates an undue hardship for the hospital, or causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace which cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED