Medical Records Coordinator

Medical Records Coordinator

Avery Center - Newland, NC 28657

Our mission is to inspire and empower people to seek and maintain recovery and health. Daymark Recovery Services, Inc. is a mission driven, comprehensive community provider of culturally sensitive mental health and substance abuse services.

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Health Spending Account
• Company-Paid Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• 401(k)
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Vacation and Sick Leave
• Employee Assistant Program
• Referral Bonus Opportunities
• Extensive Internal Training Program

Pay Scale: $16-$17.50hr.

This position provides supportive, instructional, and monitoring services for the medical records department. Provides administrative, center support and customer service functions to the service site, including but not limited to scheduling, filing, documentation, client services, research and billing. Requires strict compliance with professional, legal and confidentiality standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Ensures strict compliance with all professional standards, Medicaid and Medicare regulations. Ensures documentation is completed according to agency policies and procedures as well as state and federal guidelines. Attends seminar/conference at least yearly to stay abreast of changes in regulatory standards.
• Provides ongoing training and support to the medical records staff. Will occasionally perform duties of personnel who are absent from the department.
• Monitors keying of client information to ensure accuracy and timely completion.
• Performs ongoing audit of charts to ensure timeliness of documentation, compliance with regulatory standards, and provides feedback to clinicians in order to assist/instruct them in appropriate correction of any standards that have not been met. Provides clinical site director and team leaders with information regarding standards that have not been met. In addition to routine independent auditing of charts, team leader will provide oversight for the concurrent review process to ensure that timelines are followed according to agency policy.
• Provides support to all center employees regarding release of information, appropriateness of documentation, and other issues as they relate to medical records, HIPAA compliance, etc.
• All other duties as assigned by supervisor

Education and/or Experience: Minimum of High School Diploma. Prefer Associate Degree in health related fields or certification in Medical Records/Coding. Experience in the field of medical records is required. Prefer minimum of 1 year applicable experience