Health Information Management Analyst (On-Site)

Job Description

Essential Duties & Responsibilities including but not limited to:

• Completes the analysis of the medical records within the work queues.
• Scans discharge paperwork that is received from the medical floors with 98% accuracy.
• Ensures the accuracy of patient information scanned into the patient's chart.
• Verifies that all scans are legible and clear.
• Accurately analyzes records for documentation requirements per Joint Commission, CMS, DPH regulations, and Medical Staff Bylaws and department procedures.
• Sets deficiencies requiring completion to the appropriate physician within Epic.
• Ensures the accuracy of the assignment of deficiencies. Average of 7-10 charts per hour for inpatients and 10-12 per hour for outpatients.
• Keeps current with documentation regulations/requirements and assists physicians as needed when questions arise regarding documentation requirements.
• Works collaboratively with physicians to resolve any discrepancies with regard to deficiency assignment.
• Adds all record deficiencies into Epic using the Deficiency Detective resource with 100% accuracy.
• Ensures instances of incorrect physician assignment for a deficiency are less than 1%.
• Completes the declined deficiency work queue, reassigning declined orders to the correct provider after investigating the patient's chart.
• Completes the unassigned analysis work queue, ensuring this work queue is completed daily.
• Collections 100% of discharge paperwork from patient care areas, including any hardcopy medical records, based on the information from the list of discharges.
• Runs and works the chartless deficiencies.
• Runs the NE analyst pool report and assigns the deficiency to the correct provider.
• Verifies that the completed deficiencies are done accurately.
• Investigates and adds deficiencies as needed for coding.
• Assists physicians as necessary, attaching to their in-basket.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: High school education or equivalent.
• Licensure, Certification & Registration: N/A
• Experience:
• Three years' experience in a medical record department.
• Prior Epic experience desirable
• Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:
• Knowledge of deficiency analysis
• Medical terminology
• Knowledge of medical records content and management
• Working knowledge of the EMR, either through experience or education, including experience working with structured data and database management
• Knowledge of laws and regulations pertaining to health information and patient confidentiality

Pay Range

$19.00 – $25.57

Schedule

On-site position at Mount Auburn Hospital; remote work is possible once the candidate is fully trained.