Salary Range: $18.70 To $26.18 Hourly
Department: Health Information Management
Employment Status
Full-time (1.0) / 80 Hours Per Pay Period
Hours
- Monday thru Friday: 8:00am to 4:30pm
- No Weekends
- Position is required to be on-site
Benefit Status: Full-Time
Benefits include
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Employee Health Clinic (health +): Our health+ clinic provides office visits and prescription medications for little to no cost to Alomere Health employees and their dependents who are on a medical insurance plan
- Retirement Savings
- Please see more details about our benefits here: Jobs in Alexandria, MN - Alomere Health
Position Objective
The Health Information Associate is responsible for processing the completion of medical records within the electronic medical record. The position is responsible for working with all aspects of Health Information including: assembling medical records, scanning, deficiency analysis, records release, chart completion, etc. in a manner consistent with organization and department policies and procedures. The Health Information Associate will be expected to use good judgement in minor decision-making as is related to daily tasks, but will not be expected to make major decisions relative to policies.
Essential Responsibilities
The following description of responsibilities to be performed is not intended to be all-inclusive. Rather, it focuses on the major tasks that must be accomplished.
Chart Completion/Deficiency Analysis
- Review of discharged records to ensure completion
- Assign documentation deficiencies to providers as applicable
- Follow-up on completion via deficiency analysis, report any ussie with compliance to the Health Information Manager and/or Director of Health Information
Scanning Documentation
- Organize documents and assign headers as appropriate to scan into the medical record
- Quality review (QR) of scanned documents to ensure accuracy upon uploading to the electronic medical record
- File incoming records timely and accurately into EPIC (Electronic Medical Record)
Retrieval of Medical Records and Release of Information
- Release Medical Records in accordance with state and federal laws as well as per organization policies
- Obtain Medical Records from other Health Care Facilities for continuation of care or other Hospital functions
- Assist patients with filling out Release of Information requests
- Ensure the confidentiality of all release information transactions
Other Responsibilities
- Perform all other related duties assigned in a professional and responsive manner
- Demonstrate the ability to use relevant equipment
- Support, understand, and promote Alomere Health’s mission, vision, values, policies and procedures
- Ability to meet the work schedule requirements with flexibility depending upon the needs of the department
- Foster respectful working relationships with professional colleagues, patients, families, and general public regardless of age, gender, lifestyle, culture, beliefs, race, socioeconomic class, or ability
Required Qualifications
- Associate’s Degree or Bachelor’s Degree in a Health Information related field, currently holds or is eligible to attain RHIT or RHIA credentials
Preferred Qualifications
- Certification in a Health Information related field
- Cross trained to all location duties
- 5 years of health information experience
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Strong knowledge of location specific job duties
- Ability to retrieve medical records in multiple formats
Union Position
No
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