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900 Methodist Corporate
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.
$41,250 / year median in Texas
+8% projected growth
Job Description
Hours of Work :
8am to 4:30 pmDays Of Week :
Monday -Friday Work Shift :
Job Description :
Your Job:
The Medical Record Specialist will be responsible for a variety of duties which may include, but not limited to, the completion of birth certificates, chart preparation, scanning, document indexing, analysis, mail distribution and release of information function.Your Requirements:
- High School Graduate or equivalent
- Type 30 wpm accurately
- Computer knowledge and/or experience
- Must be able to lift and/or carry up to 20 pounds
Your Job Responsibilities:
- Comply with the standard deadlines for requests with a 3-day turnaround at a maximum for customer requests from date of receipt to completion date to include burning CD and/or film upon request (CBS, Prime, Internal Auditor, Denial Management, ADR's, MyChart customer service.)
- Comply with standard deadlines for multiple requests with a 30-day turnaround at a maximum for customer requests from date of receipt to completion date to include burning CD and/or film upon request (Disability, External Auditor).
- Picks up and distributes mail to appropriate individuals and/or areas.
- Logs requests timely to assure a status update is readily accessible.
- Answers telephone calls in a pleasant voice tone and identifies department, individual name and ask how to assist the caller (handling a request, accepting and forwarding message accurately). Provides prompt return calls to customers leaving messages (with questions or status checks).
- Assures patient confidentiality of each patient's medical record (HIPAA compliant with patient identification being accurate whenever released for any purpose) Attentive to details and does a thorough review of what is being requested to what is being released.
- Greets and directs all walk-in customers in a professional and courteous manner.
- Comply with standard deadlines for multiple requests with a 2-day turnaround at a maximum for healthcare customer requests from date of receipt to completion date to include burning CD and/or film upon request (Physician's office, Hospital, Clinics).
- Reporting productivity weekly (utilized for payroll and staff needs).
- Other duties as assigned.