Medical Records Clerk 1

Job Title: Medical Records Clerk

Department: Health Information Management

Location: 330 Monroe Avenue Rochester NY 14607

Hours Per Week: 40 hours per week

Schedule: 08:30am-5:00pm no weekends

Position Summary:
Responsible for initiating maintaining delivering and retrieving all patient medical records.

Key Responsibilities:
Maintain confidentiality of patient information.
Responsible for accurate and thorough maintenance of the medical record.
Medical Records only: Consistently utilizes effective oral and written professional communication skills with all customers. Requires personal contact with customers staff patients physicians.
Medical Records only: Responsible for answering telephone fax machine and use of other office equipment. Provide general clerical and receptionists support the department.
Medical Records only: Responsible for maintenance of various databases (CRISSMSIMA).

Minimum Qualifications:
High School Diploma or equivalent.
Must be able to alphabetize materials and be able to identify and distinguish colors.
Keyboarding skills and familiar with Windows environment
Medical setting experience

Required Licensure/Certification Skills:
None

Rochester Regional Health System is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

ATTRIBUTES

• Strong computer skills

• Excellent phone etiquette

• Strong organizational skills

RESPONSIBILITIES

Daily tracking and follow up on MD orders to ensure signature obtained within regulatory timeframes including phone/fax contact with offices and logging of such actions in KOVIS.

Escalation of barriers to obtaining signed home care orders in a timely manner to proper department as necessary.

Reviews incoming orders both via fax and mail for proper signature and date. Initiate follow up for inadequacies as necessary.

Processes requests for data entry of new MDs into Netsmart after researching PECOS OPRA NPI and MD License.

EDUCATION:

LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS:

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

For disease specific care programs refer to the program specific requirements of the department for further specifications on experience and educational expectations including continuing education requirements.

Any physical requirements reported by a prospective employee and/or employees physician or delegate will be considered for accommodations.

PAY RANGE:

The listed base pay range is a good faith representation of current potential base pay for a successful full time applicant. It may be modified in the future and eligible for additional pay components. Pay is determined by factors including experience relevant qualifications specialty internal equity location and contracts.

Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color creed religion sex (including pregnancy childbirth and related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age disability predisposing genetic characteristics marital or familial status military or veteran status citizenship or immigration status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law.