A Medical Records or Health Information Technician works with data from medical records to process, maintain, compile, analyze and report patient information for health requirements and standards in a manner consistent with the healthcare industry's numerical coding system and reporting standards
Responsible for collecting, tracking and reconciling patient medical record information obtained from departments or nursing units once patient is discharged. Serves as an information resource by responding to requests for general and medical record information received via phone, e-mail, fax, or in person. Retrieves records per request for patient care, studies, committees, and other requests and works with other departments as needed.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities As Assigned :
1. Collects, tracks and reconciles patient medical record information obtained from departments or nursing units once patient is discharged. 2. Utilizing facility guidelines batches, preps, scans, quality checks and validates, records for document storage and/or imaging. 3. Assists with physician chart completion and suspension processes including assigning and validating chart deficiencies, communicating with Providers regarding their incomplete records and assisting with distribution of reports, letters and statistics related to delinquent medical records. 4. Escalates documentation holds to clinical and administrative personnel. 5. Tracks tasks/time spent as well as meets or exceeds quality and production targets. 6. Performs standardized chart audits following established guidelines/procedures. 7. Accesses EMR (electronic medical records) system to support record completion, coding, release of information and overall management and maintenance of the legal health record. 8. Performs EMPI tasks according to established policies, procedures, and timeframes. 9. Assists with patient portal enrollment. 10. Performs medical transcription tasks according to established policies, procedures, and timeframes.
Qualifications:
Required:
High School diploma Two years HIM experience.
Preferred:
RHIT Certified or eligible CRCR Certified Associate's degree in HIM or other related health care field.
Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans Additional Information Schedule:
Full-time Requisition ID:
26003956
Daily Work Times:
7a - 3:30pm
Hours Per Pay Period:
80
On Call:
No Weekends:
No About Us McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan's largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
