Lead Medical Records Technician (File Room)

Job Title

Medical Records Technician

Job Description

Distributes and balances the workload among the employees in accordance with established work flow or job specialization, assures timely accomplishment of the assigned workload, and assures that each employee has enough work to keep busy.

Maintains current knowledge and assists other employees on procedures, policies, directives and obtains needed information or decision from supervisor on problems that may arise.

Incumbent analyses' medical records, perform quality assurance and responsible for release medical information. Assuring confidentiality is maintained and in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Privacy Act (PA), and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Receives medical information authorization through the IHS-810, Authorization of Release of Medical Record/Information; enters the information utilizing the RPMS Release of Information Package and scans in the Release of Information request into Vista Imaging.

Maintains and organizes birth certification applications for future references and prepares for archiving based on Health Information Management and AZ State Vital Records guidelines.