Health Information Management Clerk Temp

Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services.

Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services.

We are recruiting for the following position:
Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization Duties and Responsibilities

As a mission-driven organization, the core values of, and the services offered at Sea Mar are based on the belief that everyone deserves to be respectfully treated in a way that preserves dignity and enhances self-worth. Sea Mar is an advocate for its clients and aims to achieve industry-leading, client-centered, culturally-aware services. Sea Mar employees serve as an extension of this mission and demonstrate their commitment to an excellent client experience by:
Understanding and empathizing with client needs Surpassing client expectations Demonstrating a high level of integrity Exhibiting compassion and commitment Advocating for social justice Taking pride in individual work as well as that of the team Continually learning to stay current with industry standards, best practices and technology As a Sea Mar employee, the individual in this position commits to adherence to these values to their utmost ability and endeavors to strengthen and embody this mission daily.

• Manage, sort and distribute incoming clinical documents, whether received via fax, mail, courier or electronic transmission.
• Convert any electronically received documents to picture format and distribute
• Scan incoming clinical documents into Allscripts Input Manager within 1 day of receipt.
• Index scanned documents into patient health records accurately and efficiently
• Utilize established type codes for indexing into the health record.
• Print, fax or export patient health records in response to requests from external entities, using established Sea Mar Policies and Procedures and following state and federal law, including HIPAA.
• Maintain current and accurate documentation of any health record disclosures using established policies and procedures.
• Retrieval of purged paper charts from Sea Mar Records Center.
• Maintain immaculate documentation of all interactions regarding patient health care records.
• Check insurance eligibility for outgoing referral processing.
• Research and contact external specialists or organizations regarding outgoing referrals.
• Provide appropriate Sea Mar records for referrals to external specialists or organization, either in paper or electronic format.
• Immaculate documentation of all interactions during referral processing to an external specialist or organization.
• Maintain work area in a neat and orderly fashion
• Communicate disclosure status with external requestors
• Stay well informed and current with standard Sea Mar Health Information Policies and Procedures.
• Referral Tracking as assigned
• Provide courteous, friendly customer service to clients, patients, co-workers and community partners.
• Other duties as assigned by leadership

Incumbent must have complete Employee Health Screening. A TB/PPD test is required annually. The Health Information Clerk must sign an oath or permanent confidentiality covering all patient related information and must receive a background check from the Washington State patrol.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The incumbent must have analyzing ability and prioritizations skills, along with the ability to communicate effectively and organize workload. Must be able to efficiently utilize keyboard. Good computer navigations skills are required along with familiarity with Microsoft Suite. Must be able to navigate Windows based programs.

Clinical Incumbent must have knowledge and/or training in the state and federal laws governing privacy and confidentiality. The incumbent must have some knowledge of medical terminology.

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety…