Job Information
Wesley Medical Center* Medical Records Specialist in Wichita, Kansas
This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13052924
Job Summary and Qualifications
As aMedicalRecordsSpecialist, you wouldbe responsible forassistingthe HIM Director by routinely performing duties in support of the management of the Horizon Patient Folder (HPF)/McKesson Patient Folder (MPF) workflow queues, working applicable worklists within 3M 360 Encompass, the resolution of unbilled accounts, and the processing of physician suspensions. In addition,you willserve as the primary point of contact when the HIM Director and/or HIM Coordinator is unavailable.
In this role you will:
- Retrieves discharged medical records from various departments in the hospital and reconciles them to ensure that all records are accounted for.
- Facilitates the retrieval and printing of medical records from storage, as well as the storage, archival and record retention of documents and/or other Alternate Media that cannot be scanned into HPF/MPF (e.g., fetal monitor strips).
- Mayassistwith the physician suspension process by evaluating if a physician should be put on suspension, creating the list of recommended suspensions for approval, sending out notice letters, making reminder calls, etc.
- Prepares medical records and loose documents for scanning.
- Scans medical record documents.
- Indexes medical record documentation.
- Performs a paper document to PC screen quality control validation to ensure that all documents associated with each record have been scanned.
- Completes any certification program and continuing education that may be required by state law to accurately perform the duties of the birth certificate clerk completion and works under the guidelines and process as defined by the state.
- Interacts with the parents to collect and document the birth information, delivering theappropriate formsto them andprovidingguidance in the completion of the forms.
- Works with the parents to complete the Acknowledgment of Paternity form, which can require patience, diplomacy, and sensitivity if there is conflictregardingparental responsibility.
- Reviews patient medical records and other resources, as needed, to obtain required birth information.