Oncology Data Specialist

Omega Healthcare Solutions•Boca Raton, FL

21h

About The Position

Omega Healthcare Management Services® (Omega Healthcare) empowers healthcare to thrive via intelligent solutions that optimize revenue cycle operations, administrative workflows, care coordination, and clinical research on a global scale. The company works with providers, payers, life science companies, medical device manufacturers, health technology firms, researchers, and industry partners to amplify teams with robust technology, specialty expertise, and operational support. Omega Healthcare serves more than 350 healthcare organizations with 35,000 skilled workers in the United States, India, Colombia, and the Philippines. The Oncology Data Specialist will be responsible for the daily abstraction of cancer cases into the cancer registry database, ensuring compliance with CoC and State Cancer Registry data standards. This role involves processing case finding, follow-up, and other registry duties, maintaining data quality, and adhering to company policies including HIPAA.

Requirements

Knowledge of cancer and its management, medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, biostatistics and epidemiology, cancer data abstracting, database record management, cancer program management, and cancer registry procedures.
Ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced, changing environment.
Demonstrate ability to self-motivate, set goals, and meet deadlines.
Maintain courteous and professional working relationships with employees at all levels of the organization.
Demonstrate excellent analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Attention to detail, time management and excellent communication in written and spoken word.
Adherence with both client and Omega specific quality and productivity standards, and detail specific data abstraction.
Skill in operating a personal computer and utilizing a variety of software applications.
Knowledge of Joint Commission, abstracting compliance and HIPAA-HITECH standards affecting medical records and the impact on reimbursement and accreditation.

Responsibilities

Perform daily abstraction of cancer cases into the cancer registry database.
Responsible for running and resolving EDIT’s prior to submission of cases to the State Central Registry and NCDB.
Utilize CoC and State Cancer Registry data standards and coding instructions to determine all reportable cases.
Abstract cases completely, whenever possible. In cases where complete treatment data is not available, request this information from the managing physician.
Abstract cases within six months from first date of first contact.
Maintain a log to document the abstraction of all records as well as non-reportable cases.
Submit cases to the State Central Registry, if requested.
Process case finding, follow-up and other registry duties.
Maintain the suspense system, if required.
Enter follow up and/or update information on patients who have been re-admitted to the hospital following the completion of an abstract.
Perform duties in compliance with Company’s policies and procedures, including but not limited to those related to HIPAA and compliance.
Maintains a knowledge base of ICD-O, AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Database and Manual, SEER Coding and Staging Manual, Collaborative Staging, SEER Multiple Primaries and Histology’s, SEER Rx Database and Facility Oncology Data Standards.