Medical Records Technician; ROI

Summary

This position is located in the Health Information Management Service
- James

A. Haley VA Medical Center in Tampa - FL. Medical Records Technician (Release of Information) discloses health information in accordance with all laws and regulations governing authorization and disclosure of health information.

To qualify for this position - you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement.

• All applicants must meet the following basic qualifications
• United States Citizenship:
  Must be a US Citizen
• English Language Proficiency
• MRTs (ROI) must be proficient in spoken and written English - as required by 38 U.S.C.
• 7403(f)
• Experience and Education
• Experience
• One year of creditable experience that indicates knowledge of medical terminology and general understanding of health records
• Six months of the required one year of creditable experience must have provided the knowledge - skills - and abilities (KSAs) needed to perform MRT (ROI) work - OR
  - Education
• An associate's degree from an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education with a major field of study in health information technology/health information management - or a related degree with a minimum of 12 semester hours in health information technology/health information management (e.g.
  
  - courses in medical terminology - anatomy and physiology - legal aspects of health care - and introduction to health records) - OR
  - Experience/Education Combination
• Equivalent combinations of creditable experience and education are qualifying towards meeting basic experience requirements
• The following experience and educational/training substitutions are appropriate for combining education and creditable experience:
  Six months of creditable experience that indicates knowledge of medical terminology - privacy and release of information - the health record - and one year above high school with a minimum of six semester hours of health information technology/health information management courses
• Six months of creditable experience that indicates knowledge of medical terminology - privacy and release of information - the health record - and successful completion of a course for medical technicians - hospital corpsmen - medical service specialists - or hospital training obtained in a training program given by the Armed Forces or the U.S. Maritime Service under close medical and professional supervision
• The training program may be substituted on a month-for-month basis for up to six months of experience provided the training program included courses in anatomy and physiology - and health record techniques and procedures
• Grade Determinations:
  In addition to the basic requirements above - all applicants must also meet one of the following grade requirements to qualify for a specific grade level
• Medical Records Technician (ROI) - GS-04:
  This is the entry level
• Experience or Education
• None beyond basic requirements
• Medical Records Technician (ROI) - GS-05:
  You must have one year of creditable experience equivalent to the GS-04 grade level
• Examples of this includes - but is not limited to - performing the following type of work: receive and validate authorization forms and requests for information - and prioritize requests per policies and regulations
• use various computer applications to track and release all authorized ROI requests
• process and release health information to authorized first- and third-party requestors
• ) initiate and maintain the accounting of disclosure for all records disclosed from a Privacy Act system of records
• ensure compliance with policies - procedures - laws - and regulations governing privacy and release of information - etc.
• - OR
  - Education
• Successful completion of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education - with a major field of study in health information management - or a related degree with a minimum of 24 semester hours in health information technology/health information management (e.g.
  
  - courses in medical terminology - anatomy and physiology - legal aspects of health care - and introduction to health records)
• In addition to the GS-05 experience above - the candidate must demonstrate all the following KSAs:
  Ability to utilize health information technology and various office software products utilized in MRT (ROI) positions (e.g.
  
  - the electronic health record - release of information…