Health Information Management Clerk II

JOB SUMMARY

/RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Protect patient’s personal health information in paper and electronic versions, releasing and disclosing information with minimal necessity, following all state and federal HIPAA privacy rules.
• Performs a variety of clerical duties involved in maintaining patient medical records including record assembly, scanning, indexing, location, retrieval, distribution, filing, and inventory, and master patient index validation.
• Answers department phones and directs phone calls to appropriate parties.
• Provides medical information to offsite providers in accordance with departmental procedures.
• Performs all necessary basic clerical skills during business.
• Upon request, releases records electronically for admitted patient’s payor concurrent review of records.
• Upon request, releases electronic copies of records via secured file transfer protocol (FTP) sites for quality and payor review of records (HEDIS/Risk Adjustment/RAC).


II. TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
• Finger dexterity, seeing, hearing, speaking.
• Occasional: Standing, sitting, walking, stooping, bending, squatting, and pushing/pulling up to 5 pounds of force.

III. TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
• Not substantially subjected to adverse environmental conditions.

IV. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A. EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:
• High school diploma or equivalent.

B. EXPERIENCE:
• Prior experience in Medical Record Department preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to operate computer, printer, fax, and scanner.
• Six (6) months prior experience in an office setting preferred.