Senior HIMS Technician

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Banner North Colorado Medical Center (1801 16th St) time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition :
R4428718
** Primary City/State:
** Greeley, Colorado
** Department Name:
** HIMS Operating Svc Ctr-WR
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* Work Shift:

** Day
* * Job Category:
** Revenue Cycle
** Estimated Pay Range:
** In accordance with State Pay Transparency Rules.

Explore and excel. At Banner Health, health care is a team effort.  One might be surprised by the number of people who work behind the scenes and play a critical role in ensuring the best care for our patients.

The
** Banner*
* ** North Colorado Medical Center HIMS Department
** is responsible for the maintenance and preservation of confidential health records.  The position we have available is for a HIMS Tech Sr. that will be responsible for Release of Information for our three NOCO facilities while physically sitting at our North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley.  In this role, you will perform the release of health information in accordance with HIPAA, company policy and state and federal laws.

This a full-time position working in a fast-paced environment that requires excellent customer service skills, attention to detail and the ability to multi- task. There are 15 people in the department, one Associate Manager and one Associate Director.

Your role as a
** Banner*
* ** North Colorado Medical Center Senior HIMS Technician
** you will need to show excellent customer service skills, and advanced computer skills, Outlook, Word, Excel.  Release of Information and  Medical Records experience is preferred. Production standards include a timely turn around time of record requests, usually within 24 hrs.

This postion is located
** On site at North Colorado Medical Center
***
* Schedule:

Monday - Friday 8:00am
-4:30pm.
** Within Banner Health Corporate, you will have the opportunity to apply your unique experience and expertise in support of a nationally-recognized healthcare leader. We offer stimulating and rewarding careers in a wide array of disciplines. Whether your background is in Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Managed Care Programs or Public Relations, you'll find many options for contributing to our award-winning patient care.

POSITION SUMMARY This position coordinates and performs the daily operations work of designated areas within the health information management systems (HIMS) department. May act in a leadership role and as a liaison between management and the staff. Facilitates the delivery of high quality customer service to external customers. Responsibilities typically include the monitoring and direction of daily workflow and involvement in process improvement/quality monitoring functions.

CORE FUNCTIONS
1. Assist with the orientation, training and re-education of HIMS staff. Liaison between management and the HIMS staff for the purpose of coordinating staff schedules and communication of information and/or resource in providing information and HIMS department services. Promotes open communication, effective point of service decision making and problem solving while interacting with internal/external customers to ensure positive resolutions and customer satisfaction.

Serves as a key liaison between staff, physicians, other departments and other departmental customers.
2. Monitor daily workflow processes, complete daily activities, and identify and communicate to leadership any opportunities for improvement as needed. Identify, address and communicate opportunities to improve work processes and practices good work group dynamics. May serve as a backup to other staff members to ensure the department operations are efficiently and effectively maintained.
3. Coordinate the compiling of department statistics, generating performance reports, and facilitating special projects, as required including assisting in the development of targets and action plans to achieve department goals.
4. Support and ensure the integrity of Electronic Medical Record through monitoring and auditing activities, including management of provider deficiencies and record completion identified through various reporting tools. May coordinate physician suspension process.
5. Conducts routine and complex releases of health information in accordance with company policy and all state and federal laws. May act as a liaison to HIMS techs and is knowledgeable with applicable federal and state regulations and Banner Health policies related to release of health information and HIPAA.
6. Support the coding function, acting as a liaison between HIMS operations, coding, registration, physicians, and other facility or system departments as applicable to facilitate the record completion, coding, and billing process.
7. Provide customer service and assistance related to HIMS departmental functions to patients, vendors, physicians, ancillary staff, and other departments in person, over the telephone, through email, or by other…