Health Information Technician

Job Details

Level: Experienced

Job Location:

Fawcett - Tacoma, WA 98402
Position Type:
Full-Time
Education Level: Associates
Salary Range: $22.00 - $31.92
Hourly

Travel Percentage :
Travel within the community

Job Shift: Day Shift
Job Category:
Health Care
Health Information Management

Full Time
- In Office

$22.00 - $31.92

Monday
- Friday 8am to 4:30pm

• Medical, Dental, and Vision with 100% paid premiums for employees. 11 paid holidays, 403(b)-retirement plan, Life Insurance, Long term Disability, Employee Assistance Program (up to 6 consultations per year), Mileage reimbursement, Tuition Assistance, Paid Sick leave and Vacation, Bereavement Leave, Student Loan Repayment, and Continuing Education Assistance. All benefits contingent on working a scheduled 40hrs a week.

Analyze medical record data; maintain the electronic medical record documentation by verifying the completeness, accuracy, and entry into the computerized medical records. Provide assistance to the Health Information Manager in writing detailed and complex workflow procedures. Serves as a member of the organization that welcomes, engages and serves individuals with complex wellness needs.

• Organize medical record documentation in preparation for electronic sorting, scanning, and indexing.
• Analyze processes and write workflows.
• Accurately selects the proper type of client episodes to place the medical record documentation when scanning records into the charts.
• Forward specific medical record documentation to outside providers via the electronic ROI process.
• Perform cut and paste functions in windows applications for electronic filing.
• Meet medical record department standards for electronic scanning, indexing, and filing.
• Provide management staff daily statistics on documents electronically filed.
• Analyze, format, print, and mail records to clients and providers for all CLR programs.
• Problem solves and merges to correct duplicate medical records and ensures the chart documentation is in the correct place.
• Maintain confidentiality and security of medical records and scanning equipment in compliance with HIPAA standards.
• Fax medical record documentation in accordance with HIPAA, ensuring confidentiality.
• Provide customer service to clients, providers, and other customers for release of information by answering incoming calls and emails from outside entities, including current and former clients.
• Process and respond to all HIM emails in a timely manner.
• Assist the HIM Manager in the research of current state and federal laws to ensure the facilities HIM/HIPAA policies are up to date and accurate.
• Coordinate with other CLR programs as needed to create/troubleshoot paperwork workflows to increase staff productivity.
• Provide additional training to CLR employees as needed regarding HIPAA Privacy and HIM functions.
• Collect and securely transport medical records from both residential facilities weekly QA, processing, scanning, and importing.
• Maintain the collection and destruction of confidential bin contents with partnered shredding business.
• Monitor the quality of documents to ensure they are the correct form, contain the correct identifiers, and filed in the appropriate chart.
• Processes incoming faxes for HIM, Outpatient Programs, and other programs at CLR.
• Process the release of Treatment Plan Reviews from our children's inpatient facility every 90 days to their respective MCO's.
• Prepare the release of Discharge Summary from our Children's Inpatient Facility upon documentation finalization to the applicable entities.
• Manages the uploading and processing of consents via the HCA's Electronic Consent Management system for the entire agency.
• Assists in creating consents for the agency.
• Responds to and problem-solve CLR Resource HUB tickets that apply to HIM functions.
• Manages, troubleshoots, and trains CLR employees in Share File.
• Send out applicable records to CHC for participating clients to facilitate the integrated health requirements as part of our CCBHC agreement.
• Assist the nursing team with sending over necessary documents for prior authorizations in a timely manner.
• Preparing and releasing necessary documents for program audits, chart reviews, judicial subpoenas, and judicial court orders as applicable by state and federal laws.
• Process any incoming documents through Intake
  
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• Uses Microsoft products, adobe pro, kno2, and other software programs to perform daily job functions.
• Contributes to the success of the organization, keeping current on new developments within…