Medical Records Specialist Full Time Temporary

Pulmonary Medicine Associates • Sacramento, CA

2d • $24 - $28 • Onsite

About The Position

Pulmonary Medicine Associates (PMA) is seeking a full-time Temporary Medical Records Specialist for their practice. PMA has been serving the greater Sacramento area for over 50 years and offers a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. This role involves managing patient medical records in compliance with HIPAA guidelines.

Requirements

• High school graduation or GED.
• Minimum of one-year related work experience; experience in a medical environment required.
• Strong customer service skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and the public.
• Strong computer skills.
• Strong detail orientation.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information and knowledge of HIPAA and Privacy Laws.
• Ability to file and maintain patient records, files and other correspondence.
• Ability to work independently and juggle multiple priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience using an EMR strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and sends visit notes to referring providers via electronic submission
• Scans documents and uploads into EMR on a daily basis
• Contacts patients to remind them to complete outstanding orders
• Securely shreds paper PHI within 3 business days from upload into EMR
• Clears Clinical in-box and interoffice mail daily
• Sorts, triages, and delivers incoming documents to correct users
• Processes, splits, reclassifies, labels and routes large documents according to PMA protocol
• Reviews and processes all requests for a Patient’s medical record following strict HIPAA guidelines
• Faxes patient information as requested using EMR Fax
• Mails patient records via encrypted CD or arranges for patient pick up
• Notifies supervisor of printed patient records for invoicing.
• Ensures State Disability requests are invoiced and uploaded via secured portal
• Performs regular audits and reclassifies/re-labels documents in patient chart as necessary
• Processes all Legal Subpoenas for records and Audit Requests for Risk Adjustment by insurance companies
• Ensures payment is collected prior to the release of medical records when applicable
• Follows all PMA medical records policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life
• LTD
• PTO
• 401k with generous company match

What This Job Offers

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