Health Information Specialist II RL124313 - Metro Associates

Health Information Specialist II
Contract

Qualifications

• High School/GED
• Valid Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT)
• ANY of the following valid licenses/certifications:
  • Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)
  • Registered Medical Assistant (RMA)
  • Certified Medication Aide (CMA)

Overview
Our Award Winning Client is seeking a full-time Health Information Specialist II. This position involves supporting clinical performance through abstraction, review, and reporting of medical record clinical documentation to meet quality improvement, accreditation, and regulatory requirements. The role includes scanning and importing electronic patient medical records, identifying key data elements, accurately interpreting and abstracting into IHA patient electronic health records, and assisting with OnBase Document Management and Fax Server training.

Key Responsibilities

• Abstracts key variables from multiple data sources to create an accurate longitudinal record
• Participates in the development of abstraction project standard operation procedures (SOPs)
• Assists with Chart Audits, performing quality checks on own work and others’ work
• Performs testing on Epic/OnBase upgrades prior to moving to production
• Identifies opportunities with the team to improve processes
• Communicates effectively with physicians and other health care providers, clinical staff, and outside institutions to obtain proper documentation as needed
• Facilitates communications between patients, public, referring physicians, and other health care providers seeking access to IHA services
• Responsible for accurate and efficient imaging of all medical records and other documents received
• Prepares, verifies, and maintains records and requisitions to be scanned into OnBase document management software
• Requests outside records, processes records in time for future appointments, and ensures medical records are scanned properly and promptly upon receipt
• Determines relevant patient documentation and routes to appropriate provider in-baskets
• Processes ROI requests and handles patient/company phone calls for status checks, problems, and issues
• Updates phone log appropriately via Excel spreadsheet
• Facilitates medical record audits, retrieves paper records from practice locations, inventories and boxes paper charts
• Assists with and assumes additional and special projects to support data entry and compilation of data to develop reports
• Assists with special projects to support data entry, compilation of data, and copying records into or from EHRs as needed
• Assists with ROI processing or medical record requests, including boxing/inventorying paper charts which may include offsite work
• Provides support for other departments/practices, as needed, which might include offsite work
• Attends team meetings to support the department
• Assists with and assumes additional and special projects as assigned