Certified Tumor Registrar

HCA Healthcare; Frankfort (KY); Remote; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a Certified Tumor Registrar to work remotely. This role involves critical responsibilities such as case finding and data abstraction for cancer registries, ensuring compliance with national standards. Join a team that values compassionate care and offers comprehensive benefits, including medical coverage, education assistance, and a 401(k) plan with matching contributions. If you are passionate about making a difference in patient care and have the required certification and experience, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical coverage

401(k) Plan with matching contributions

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Education assistance

Time Away From Work Program

Free counseling services

Flexible spending accounts

Referral services

Consumer discounts

Colleague recognition program

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of Cancer Data Abstraction experience required.
• Oncology Data Specialist (ODS) certification required.

Responsibilities

• Complete case-finding and abstraction of cancer data for HCA hospitals.
• Review medical records to abstract information according to ACOS standards.

Skills

Cancer Data Abstraction

Oncology Data Specialist Certification

Medical Records Review

Data Compliance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Health Information Management

Certification in Cancer Registry Management

Tools

Meditech

Metriq

Job description

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Description

Introduction

This is a remote/work from home position.

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below.

Benefits

Parallon offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance, and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service).
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock.
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder, and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning, and more.
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts.
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services, and preferred banking partnerships.
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
• Colleague recognition program.
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence).
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Certified Cancer Registrar, work from home, you will be responsible for case finding and abstraction of cancer data for HCA hospitals.

In this role you will:

• Complete case-finding for assigned facilities, including review of pathology reports, the disease index, suspense list in Meditech, and merging appropriate cases into Metriq.
• Review medical records to abstract information according to the standards of the American College of Surgeons (ACOS) and the appropriate State Central Cancer Registry.
• Perform timely abstraction of assigned cases to ensure compliance with ACOS standards, i.e., within six months of patient contact.
• Complete edit checks and make appropriate changes on a timely basis.
• Follow ACOS and state data standards and coding instructions to abstract all reportable cases.
• Attend state and national educational activities as approved by the Director.
• Submit data to the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) in accordance with the annual Call for Data.
• Submit data monthly to the appropriate State Central Cancer Registry.
• Resolve errors resulting in the rejection of records from the NCDB and the state data systems.

Minimum Requirements

• Oncology Data Specialist (ODS) certification required.
• 1-3 years of Cancer Data Abstraction experience required.
• 3-5 years of Cancer Data Abstraction or Medical Records experience preferred.

Parallon provides full-service revenue cycle management, or total patient account resolution, for HCA Healthcare. Our services include scheduling, registration, insurance verification, hospital billing, revenue integrity, collections, payment compliance, credentialing, health information management, customer service, payroll, and physician billing. We also provide targeted solutions, such as Medicaid Eligibility, for external clients across the country. Parallon has over 17,000 colleagues, serving close to 1,000 hospitals and 3,000 physician practices, impacting patients, providers, and communities.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion on charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it." - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr., Co-Founder of HCA Healthcare.

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Certified Tumor Registrar opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted directly by our team. We are interviewing—apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.