Lead Health Information Specialist - Birmingham AL - HYBRID
Datavant is a data platform company and the world’s leader in health data exchange. This position is responsible for processing all release of information (ROI), specifically medical record requests in a timely and efficient manner while ensuring compliance with HIPAA regulations.
Responsibilities
- Receive and process requests for patient health information in accordance with Company and Facility policies and procedures
- Maintain confidentiality and security with all privileged information
- Maintain working knowledge of Company and facility software
- Adhere to the Company's and Customer facilities Code of Conduct and policies
- Inform manager of work, site difficulties, and/or fluctuating volumes
- Assist with additional work duties or responsibilities as evident or required
- Enhanced need for attention to detail for medical records
- Consistent application of medical privacy regulations to guard against unauthorized disclosure
- Responsible for managing patient health records
- Responsible for safeguarding patient records and ensuring compliance with HIPAA standards
- Prepares new patient charts, gathering documents and information from paper sources and/or electronic health record
- Ensures medical records are assembled in standard order and are accurate and complete
- Creates digital images of paperwork to be stored in the electronic medical record
- Responds to requests for patient records, both within the facility and by external sources, retrieving them and transmitting them appropriately
- Answering of inbound/outbound calls
- May assist with patient walk-ins
- May assist with administrative duties such as handling faxes, opening mail, and data entry
- May schedules pick-ups
- Assist with training associates in the HIS positions
- Generates reports for manager or facility as directed
- Must exceed level 1 productivity expectations as outlined at specific site
- Participates in project teams and committees to advance operational Strategies and initiatives as needed
- Mentor HIS staff for further professional development
- Inform senior leadership of issues, opportunities or challenges
- Assist throughout the region with training, mentoring and/or coverage as needed
- Participate and assist with onboarding activities for new employees
- Assist with Quality Assurance tasks as directed by management
- Acts in a lead role with staff regarding general questions and assists with new hire training and developmental training
- Leads training sessions for timely staff development
- Other duties as assigned
Skills
- High School Diploma or GED
- Must be 18 years of age or older
- Ability to commute between locations as needed
- Able to work overtime during peak seasons when required
- 1-year Health Information related experience
- Basic computer proficiency
- Comfortable utilizing phones, fax machine, printers, and other general office equipment on a regular basis
- Professional verbal and written communication skills in the English language
- Detail and quality oriented as it relates to accurate and compliant information for medical records
- Strong data entry skills
- Must be able to work with minimum supervision responding to changing priorities and role needs
- Ability to organize and manage multiple tasks
- Able to respond to requests in a fast-paced environment
- Presentation skills for small group settings
- Forward thinking and ability to problem solve
- 2+ year Health Information related experience
- Meets and/or exceeds Company's Productivity Standards
- Previous production/metric-based work experience
- In-person customer service experience
- Ability to build relationships with on-site clients and customers
- Comfortable bringing new ideas, process improvement suggestions, and feedback to internal stakeholders
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