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Conway Behavioral Health
Medical Records Specialist
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What they do
A Medical Records Clerk compiles, processes, and maintains medical records of hospital and clinic patients in a manner consistent with medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements of the health care system.
$41,563 / year median in Arkansas
+5% projected growth
Job Description
Overview Medical Records Specialist to assist with maintaining medical record integrity through filing, assembling, analysis and retrieving confidential patient records. Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Prepare and assemble medical records.
- Organize and analyze medical records for accuracy and completeness.
- Identify, track and enter practitioner deficiencies in Medhost.
- Pull charts as requested for audits, peer review, readmissions, HBIPS processing and route to appropriate area or department.
- Ensure files are stored in the designated area according to storage procedures.
- Maintain and search computerized medical records.
- Maintain chart control, access and storage in accordance with established policies, procedures and regulations.
- Process medical records requests according to policy and procedure.
- Scan records to contract coders for processing, when applicable.
- Assist with HIM department audits including
HBIPS, CMS
Quality Measures, and concurrent reviews.- Pick up discharge records from patient units.
- Assemble new admission folders, if applicable.
- Print and deliver medical records forms to patient units.
- Search and print dictated reports from computerized transcription system.
- Purge and inventory medical records for off-site storage.
- Promotes quality improvement, staff and patient safety, and cultural diversity through department operations and by personal performance.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS
- High School diploma or equivalent required.
- Three or more years' experience in psychiatric setting or combination of education and experience necessary.
LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS
- RHIT or RHIA preferred.