HIM Clerk ATL Gr Strand Regional Hospital PRN - Parallon at Myrtle Beach

Job Description

Job: Admitting Registration Clerical & Scheduling

Duties while paper medical records remain at the facility:

• Filing of loose documentation into the paper medical record
• Retrieval of paper charts
• Filing of paper charts
• Assisting physicians with paper chart completion

Ongoing duties:

• Retrieves discharged medical records from various nursing units and ancillary departments as defined by department practice
• Enters applicable unbilled reason codes (URCs) into HPF and MEDITECH on a daily basis
• Assists in reconciling retrieved medical records through use of MEDITECH compiled reports and/or automated reconciliation working closely with patient care units to ensure receipt of all records prior to courier pick up
• Places reconciled records in the designated courier bins for the HSC courier to retrieve
• Batches, labels and routes loose reports, late charts and/or late documentation to HSC Document Imaging area for scanning according to policy
• Scans and indexes loose reports/documents that are identified as critical to coding and prioritizes according to policy
• Maintains or exceeds established productivity and quality standards
• Requests and returns paper records from off-site storage as applicable
• Retrieves and prints medical records from microfilm (as applicable
• Processes facility specific HIM mail as applicable
• Responsible for linking patients with physicians in Meditech in order to promote continuity of care
• Supporting the physician suspension process by compiling reports, sending letters, making reminder calls, or maintaining suspension data in Meditech
• Educates and provides support to physicians as it relates to record completion in HPF
• Assists in setting up external review queues when necessary
• Support the completion of physician queries by calling, monitoring and assisting physicians with the HPF application
• Post HPF migration may assist with ongoing urgent release of information and walk-in requests

Job Requirements

EDUCATION

High school graduate or equivalency preferred

EXPERIENCE

1 year experience in an office environment preferred

Previous experience in the handling of patient health information and/or medical records is strongly preferred
Country: USA, State: South Carolina, City: Myrtle Beach, Company: Parallon Business Solutions.