With minimal supervision from their respective HIM Manager, coordinates the activities of the health information management areas of release of information, data integrity, EMPI, document integrity, document imaging, chart analysis, transcription, death/birth certificates and physician chart completion/suspension. Performs medical record audits as required for regulatory compliance or staff performance. Acts as back up to the Site Manager and others as needed and performs those roles when applicable to that HIM setting.
II. Principal Responsibilities and Tasks
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Coordinates the workflow of the document imaging process to include chart retrieval, prepping, and scanning, indexing and quality review.
Company Description The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state's future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System's anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.
Qualifications
III. Education and Experience
High school graduate or equivalent required. Associates degree in Health Information Management preferred.
Minimum three years' experience coordinating activities in a Health Information Management Department. Two years' performing document imaging workflow coordination in a hospital medical record department preferred.
RHIT, RHIA certifications preferred.
IV. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Strong analytical and organizational skills; filing systems; ability to prioritize workloads; meet deadlines and work effectively under pressure; excellent customer service skills; general office procedures; ability to problem solve and work with minimal supervision; familiar with basic medical terminology; computer experience; typing ability.
Additional Information All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
