EMPI Data Integrity Analyst - Master Patient Index

Atlantic Health System; Morristown (NJ); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlantic Health System in Morristown, NJ seeks a Master Patient Index Specialist responsible for maintaining the enterprise MPI, ensuring patient health information resides under a unique EMPI, and analyzing work queues to identify records to merge or link across facilities and source EMRs.

The role answers calls and emails related to duplicates, assists with data clean‑up and chart corrections in the EHR, and collaborates with internal and external customers to resolve complex issues with

Responsibilities

• Maintains integrity of the enterprise-wide Master Patient Index to ensure patient health information resides under a unique EMPI number.
• Performs analytical reviews of clinical and demographic information and verifies assignment of duplicate numbers to the same person to ensure patient safety.
• Provides timely response to all incoming calls and/or emails related to duplicates.
• Assists with the overlay resolution errors and any complex data clean-up and/or other activities related to chart correction within EHRs.
• Communicates and collaborates with internal and external customers to resolve complex chart issues.
• Merges or Unmerges the clinical and demographic information in the source EMR as per requirement.
• Maintains all assigned HIM Data Integrity Services work queues and reports.
• Assists in identification and communication of areas of non-compliance with established policies and procedures to decrease the creation of duplicate medical records, registration errors, and other medical record errors
• Demonstrates advanced critical thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, decision-making ability.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Job description

Atlantic Health System in Morristown, NJ seeks a Master Patient Index Specialist responsible for maintaining the enterprise MPI, ensuring patient health information resides under a unique EMPI, and analyzing work queues to identify records to merge or link across facilities and source EMRs.

The role answers calls and emails related to duplicates, assists with data clean‑up and chart corrections in the EHR, and collaborates with internal and external customers to resolve complex issues with