Health Information Management Technician

POSITION SUMMARY: The Health Information Technician is responsible for maintaining and securing health information in an electronic system; ensuring that patient medical records are scanned and made available timely and accurately; comply with standards, rules, regulations as defined by state, federal, HIPAA and governing regulators; and processes requests for release of information (ROI).

Education: High School graduate or equivalent. Additional coursework in health care field required. Courses in anatomy and medical terminology helpful.

Experience:

• Two (2) years previous experience in Health Information Management required.
• Two (2) years customer service experience required.
• One (1) year Electronic Health Record experience preferred.
• Bilingual experience a plus.

Skills and Abilities

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Good organizational skills.
• Good critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.
• Excellent customer relations skills.
• Excellent computer skills including the use of word processing, spreadsheet, e-mail and internet
• Knowledge of legal medical record requirements, medical record forms and content.
• Ability to understand medical terminology
• Accurate keyboard skills (min. 30 wpm);
• Ability to use peripheral equipment such as printers, fax machine, photocopier and scanner.
• Ability to focus on details, and multi-task in fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

License(s)/Certification(s) Required: None. Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) preferred.

Essential Functions

• Utilize multiple electronic health care systems to manage health information.
• Provide authorized individuals with timely access to patient information without compromising the security of patient records.
• Accepts and processes authorizations for patient medical information according to HIPAA regulations.
• Accepts subpoenas and other legal documents and processes according to HIPAA and organization policies.
• Maintains and operate a variety of health record indexes and storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store and analyze information.
• Ensure all health information is properly scanned.
• Faxes medical information to other medical facilities for continuing care.
• Answers and/or addresses requests for information, i.e., immunization records, physical forms, etc.
• Creates and maintains the Monthly Medical Record Invoice Report.
• Communicates with external contacts to obtain medical records for clinic and ancillary services.
• Purges medical records and file maintenance in offsite storage facility''s software.
• Assists with audits and research
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Marginal Functions

• Maintains inventory of supplies and distributes to all sites as needed.
• Works on special projects as requested.
• Attends department and agency meetings.
• Assists with training of newly hired staff.
• Assists with training volunteers.
• Operates as lead HIM Tech as needed.

Supervises: None

NOTE: SMOKING IS PROHIBITED IN THE WORK ENVIRONMENT

NOTE: ALL APPLICANTS MUST PROVIDE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THREE REFERENCES

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SERVICES PROVIDED ON A NON-DISCRIMINATORY BASIS