Medical Records Technician

MaineGeneral Health•Waterville, ME

4d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Medical Records Technician, you’ll be an essential part of our Health Information team, ensuring medical records are accurate, secure, and accessible. Your work directly supports patient safety, compliance, and seamless care coordination across the organization.

Requirements

Strong attention to detail and ability to manage information with a high degree of accuracy
Professional written and verbal communication skills
Strong organizational and time management skills
Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and integrity

Nice To Haves

Preferred knowledge of medical terminology
Experience working with EHR systems and Microsoft programs

Responsibilities

Abstracts, copies, and mails pertinent portions of medical records while ensuring patient confidentiality
Assembles, analyzes, and maintains complete medical records.
Creates or reactivates retired/stored records
Files medical records accurately and promptly
Assists with reviewing requests for release of medical information for proper authorization as needed
Maintain and organize electronic health records (EHRs) and paper documents
Process patient admission and discharge records
Analyze patient records for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with organizational guidelines
Perform regular audits and quality checks to ensure documentation standards are met
Maintain confidentiality and adhere to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations

Benefits

We offer quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs.
Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents.
A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.
When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.
Access the wages you’ve already earned before payday with Payactiv, giving you greater flexibility over your finances.
Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career.
We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan.
Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident.
We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time.
Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development.
We know that our employees are our most valuable resource – they’re how we grow our business and care for our community.