Health Information Specialist III - OC

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix.

Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission:
To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

Position Summary: This experienced health information management specialist performs specific duties in accordance with the HIMS department policies, procedures and standard operating procedures, Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations, State and Federal regulations and customer service level agreements to ensure all electronic health records are processed and completed timely and accurately to support COH patient care and revenue cycle operations. Adheres to HIPAA regulations regarding the privacy and security of PHI.

Performs HIS 2 duties if and when needed.

• Concurrent and post discharge/visit reviews of medical records for completeness in accordance with medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations, accreditation agencies, state and federal requirements.
• Assigns record deficiencies in the EHR to the appropriate clinician for timely completion.
• Provides support to clinicians with record completion activities, and appropriately responds to provider messages.

• Performs all scanning, indexing and review of documents, adhering to policy, standard operating procedures and service level agreements with clinical departments.
• Performs point of care scanning generated during an inpatient stay to deliver a more timely and complete electronic record.
• Performs quality reviews both prior to releasing to electronic health record and/or retrospective reviews to ensure accuracy and legibility of indexed documents.

• Performs account review to identify charge errors and or charge movement as necessary.
• Captures charges for clinic infusions, drug administration and extended recovery accounts.
• Combines patient accounts as required to enable coding and billing for services provided on same day.

• Post High School or equivalent
• Three years medical record experience required. Solid knowledge of regulatory requirements governing medical record processing, charge capture, and release of information.
• Knowledge of Title 22, CMS, Joint Commission Standards, State and Federal regulations, including HIPAA relating to record processing requirements and release of information.

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.