Medical Records Clerk - Reidsville, GA
About The Position
Optim Medical Center - Tattnall is seeking a full time Medical Records Clerk for our Reidsville, GA location. This role involves abstracting information from patient records, ensuring accuracy and integrity of data prior to release of information, and maintaining security and confidentiality regulations for record access and release. The clerk will handle incoming calls, prepare requests for a Sharecare Contractor, scan documents, and retrieve/prepare charts for outside groups. Responsibilities also include answering phones, transporting and retrieving charts from storage, maintaining shred boxes, and adhering to hospital policies on confidentiality. The position requires punctuality, good attendance, and annual review of HIPAA, HIM Policy & Procedure, and Fire Safety manuals, as well as competency checks for One Content, Paragon, Athena, and ROI.
Requirements
- Demonstrated good verbal and telephone communication
- Ability to lift and stack boxes weighing >30 lbs
- Knowledge of One Content, Paragon, Athena and ROI
Responsibilities
- Abstracts information from the patient record.
- Ensures accuracy and integrity of medical record abstract data prior to release of information.
- Maintains security and confidentiality regulations for record access and release.
- Consults director or supervisor of any unusual request.
- Responsible for all patient information being kept in strict confidence.
- Receives calls to the department and handles appropriately.
- Responsible for request of information release via the US Mail, Walk-in’s, Fax or Phone request.
- Prepare request for Sharecare Contractor.
- Verify validity of request attach patient listing coordinate with Sharecare and manage Spreadsheets for Data list.
- Is familiar with Medical and Surgical related forms.
- Scans documents for chart completion.
- Must be able to keep up with the workload ROI should be completed and expedited in a timely manner.
- Retrieve, prepare charts and assist the outside contract group for health data.
- Responsible for answering phones and handling request of information in a confidential professional and expedient manner.
- Transport and Retrieve charts from storage buildings including participating in building work days.
- Ability to lift and stack boxes weighing >30 lbs
- Maintain and log all shred boxes appropriately
- Follows hospital requirements, policy & standards on confidentiality and release of protected health information
- Accept any additional assignments
- Punctual and maintains good attendance record by Employee Handbook guidelines
- Annual Review of the following manuals: HIPAA, HIM Policy & Procedure and Fire Safety
- Annual Competency Check/Knowledge of One Content, Paragon, Athena and ROI
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
