MEDICAL RECORDS TECHNICIAN

Responsibilities

Are you caring, compassionate and hardworking? Our facility can provide a place for you to thrive and continue your professional development.

Stonington Institute, a division of one of the nation's largest and most respected hospital companies, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), has an immediate opening for a full time Medical Records Technician. UHS is a Fortune 500 corporation and in 2017 was recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune.

Stonington Institute is committed to providing quality substance abuse treatment options for adults in Southeastern Connecticut and surrounding areas. We offer medical detox as well as residential addictions treatment for active duty and retired military service members in our North Stonington location. Our clinic in Groton, CT, offers partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient treatment, and is conveniently located across the street from The Inn at Trails Corner, a new 180 bed dormitory-style sober community for adult men and women who attend our outpatient day treatment programs. The Inn offers overnight accommodations, full-meal service, indoor/outdoor recreation options, a workout room, and computer center for all clients. We accept private insurance, state-funded plans and self-pay arrangements.

Job Summary:

The Medical Records Technician audits, maintains, files and stores Health Information ensuring documentation meets company, local, state and federal standards. Provides release of information to requestors.

Essential Job Duties:

• Proficiently completes record audits. Checks records according to established criteria to ensure completeness, accuracy, and internal consistency while client is in facility and after discharge.
• Maintains the control and preservation of records at location site. Coordinates with Director annual purge of medical records.
• Monitors receipt of daily discharged records at location site.
• Provides timely reports on the stats of any back log related to closed charts, record audits to Director.
• Ensures all records are closed within 30 days of discharge.
• Corresponds with any request for release of information to authorized persons, while ensuring all applicable confidentiality requirements within 30 days of receipt of ROI. Enters ROI's sent into log.
• Responds to subpoenas in a timely and professional manner.
• Adheres to and promotes HIPAA regulations and client confidentiality throughout the company.
• Attends monthly department meetings.
• Demonstrates compliance with Service Excellence standards at all times.
• Other duties as assigned by Director.

Stonington Institute employees receive great opportunities.

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Career advancement opportunities
• Comprehensive Benefits including Medical, Dental, 401K, Tuition Reimbursement and more (for eligible part-time and full-time positions)
• Competitive Compensation.

This is a full time, 40 hours per week position.

Apply today to join our amazing team!

Stonington Institute follows federal and state mandatory guidelines regarding staff vaccinations; our vaccination policy requires all newly hired staff, regardless of position or work location, to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 .

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

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Qualifications

High school diploma required. Training or experience in general office duties. Two (2) years of prior medical records experience preferred; RHIT a definite plus.