Health Information Specialist I

Job Opportunity at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

Worker Type: Regular

Pay Range: $18.00 - $25.85 Hourly

SSM Health values the skills and talents that each team member brings to our organization. Compensation for this role is based on a variety of components including relevant experience, labor market, and other qualifications. The posted pay range for this position is what SSM Health reasonably expects, in good faith, to offer based on the circumstances at the time of posting. SSM Health may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law.

Job Summary:

Reviews electronic health records for completeness and compliance with established rules and regulations.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analyzes medical records for content to ensure compliance to entity and regulatory standards.
• Reviews medical records and identifies documentation deficiencies according to established medical record standards.
• Ensures that physician auto-populated deficiencies have been accurately assigned in order to optimize physician satisfaction.
• Performs follow-up procedures on coding work queues to ensure all records are coded in a timely manner.
• Analyzes scanned documents in the queue to ensure all information has been scanned appropriately, is clear and without omission/inaccuracies, possesses the correct patient identification, and is scanned correctly as a document type in line with our commitment to patient safety.
• Identifies physicians that meet suspension criteria according to the ministry medical record completion policy and Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

EXPERIENCE

• Two years' experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

• None

Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type: Employee

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Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.