Job Description
The Medical Records Coordinator is responsible for processing and maintaining accurate patient Medical Records, ensuring timely orders processing, following HIPAA protocols, and performing records-related duties such as filing, indexing, and record audits. The Medical Records Coordinator respects and promotes the Agency’s mission, values, and vision.
Essential Job DUTIES AND Responsibilities
- Perform all daily Medical Records functions, including chart assembly, reports, audits, indexing, and orders processing in accordance with Agency policies and department procedures.
- Follow Medical Records protocols and follow Agency policies and procedures to ensure Medical Records are maintained in compliance with state, federal, and accreditation requirements.
- Submit documentation for physician signature, monitor status of unsigned orders, and document follow-up efforts to obtain signature.
- Ensure authentication and credentialing of practitioners is completed prior to processing signed orders and other documents.
- Complete administrative record audits following patient admission and discharged to ensure all documents are complete.
- Identify and monitor patient documentation deficiencies are resolved and corrected in order to maintain integrity of the patient’s medical record.
- Fulfill authorized medical record requests.
- Review, prepare, and archive discharged paper records.
- Actively participate in improving and implementing department procedures in order to achieve more effective and streamlined record information control.
- Perform clerical duties including sorting, filing, answering phones, responding to emails, covering reception, photocopying, scanning, and data entry in a courteous, friendly, and helpful manner.
- Protect the confidentiality of patient and organization information through effective controls of Medical Records.
- Participate in activities to control expenses such as ensuring timely signature on orders, certifications, and other documentation that delays billing.
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned to support department and Agency needs.
The above statements are intended to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description.
Position Qualifications
- High School graduate or equivalent experience.
- Licensed driver with insured automobile - in accordance with state and/or organization requirements.
- Excellent communication skills and public relations skills.
- Intermediate Word processing and PC skills, with ability to navigate Microsoft Excel and Word.
- Information systems knowledge.
- Previous clerical experience desired.
- Knowledge of corporate business management, governmental regulations and
accreditation standards desired. - Demonstrates autonomy, organization, assertiveness, flexibility and cooperation in performing job responsibilities.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Ability to lift 50 lbs.
- Ability to push/pull 50 lbs.
- Ability to stoop, bend, and squat.
- Ability to walk up one flight of stairs.
- Ability to walk one mile.
- Ability to sit for one hour, minimum.
- Visual and audio acuity.
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