Health Information Management; HIM Technician

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R-0250774
** Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint.
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* Work Shift:

Varies (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

21

Salary Range: $18.00 - $22.00
** Union Position:
** No
* * Department Details
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* Schedule:

Two 7.5 hour days per week (11:00am - 6:30pm) and every other weekend 6 hours/day (10:30am-5:00pm) and every other holiday (10:30am-5:00pm)    Seeking an organized Health Unit Coordinator to work a busy 33 bed Post-Acute Unit to help the HIM and Nursing departments with phone calls, transcription, data entry, appointments and other tasks to ensure the best possible quality of care for our patients.
Assists with processing medical records, answers the center phone calls, data entry, transcribing physician orders, copying, scanning, printing and faxing documents. Assists the nursing department on a busy 33 bed Post-Acute unit with paperwork and telephone calls associated with admissions, transfers or discharges in addition to scheduling appointments and transportation. Assists HIM department with running reports, audits, ICD 10 coding and other assigned duties.

ICD 10 coding experience preferred.
** Summary
* * Organized Health Unit Coordinator to work a busy 33 bed Post-Acute Unit to help the HIM and Nursing departments with phone calls, transcription, data entry, appointments and other tasks to ensure the best possible quality of care for our patients.
** Job Description
** Assists with processing medical records, answers the center phone calls, data entry, transcribing physician orders, copying, scanning/indexing, printing and faxing documents. Assists the nursing department on a busy 33 bed Post-Acute unit with paperwork and telephone calls associated with admissions, transfers or discharges in addition to scheduling appointments and transportation. Assists HIM department with running reports, audits, ICD 10 coding and other assigned duties.

Assigns codes to appropriate medical diagnoses based on review of supporting documentation, and ensures these are captured for timely and accurate billing for all payers. Maintain application of facility policies and standards of practice to assure release of information requests (ROI) are appropriate and meet legal regulations. Processes ROI requests within requested time frames. Prepares and generates reports as requested. Will work extensively with protected health information and is required to adhere to health insurance portability and accountability act (HIPAA) privacy and security regulations and policies related to the same.

Prepares and participates in Health Department survey activity. Supports providers and other clinicians on EMR usage and workflows.
** Qualifications
* * Associate's degree in Health Information or Medical Record Technology preferred.
Experience in health care or long-term care preferred.
Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) preferred.
** Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet.
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** Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization has 53,000 employees and serves over 2 million patients and nearly 425,000 health plan members across the upper Midwest including South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

The integrated nonprofit health system includes a network of 56 hospitals, 288…