Medical Records Director - Alameda

Health Record Coordinator assists in developing and maintaining an appropriate health record service and system for the center.

• High School diploma.
• Strong written and verbal skills in English necessary for business.
• Administrative and organizational ability.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Previous experience in a health care setting.
• Prior health record experience preferred.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Basic computer experience preferred.

• Maintains Health Record System according to Federal, State and Community requirements.
• Participates in assigned meetings and in services.

• Meets unit work goals through assignment of staff to resident care needs.
• Monitors staff performance through coaching, praises and recognizes effective performance or takes direct corrective action after coaching (counseling) as needed.

• Initiates Resident Health Record.
• Initiates and maintains logs and indices as required:
  • Admission/Discharge Register
  • Master Patient Index
  • Disease Index
  • Medicare Log (if applicable)
• Job Description s Manual
• Health Record Coordinator (
  
  Note:
  
  also may be referred to as Health Records Director or Medical Records Director in Health Records Manual.) Administrator
• Audit System
• Discharge Control Log
• Chart Removal Log
• Resident Care Plan Log
• Telephone Audit Log
• Performs Audits
• Admissions
• Discharge
• Routine Quality Assurance Audits
• Special as required
• Coordinates Physician Documentation
• Telephone Orders
• History and Physicals
• Monthly Physicians Orders
• Physicians’ Progress Notes
• Certifications and Recertifications
• Discharge Summaries
• Thins charts and maintains overflow files as required.
• Maintains and controls release of information within State, Federal and HIPPA regulations:
  • Subpoena in conjunction with Senior Vice President of Clinical Compliance
  • Correspondence – including legal
  • Access to Records
• Records and maintains minutes of meetings as assigned.
• Inputs and prints computerized medical records forms.
• Prepares statistical reports as required.
• Destroys old health records as required.
• Assembles, analyzes and completes discharge records.
• Maintains unit filing system.

• Presents professional image to consumers through dress, behavior and speech.
• Adheres to Company standards for resolving consumer concerns.
• Ensures that all consumer/resident rights are protected.