Health Information Analyst

SSM Health; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

SSM Health Continuum of Care/Health Information Management in Madison is seeking staff for the Release of Information/Additional Documents Required team. The role involves reviewing electronic health records for completeness and regulatory compliance, with a schedule of 4 days remote and 1 day in-office to support Back Office staff.

You will analyze medical records, identify deficiencies, and manage follow-ups to ensure timely coding and safe patient care.

Qualifications

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience.
• Two years' experience in medical records or related field.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes medical records for content to ensure compliance with entity and regulatory standards.
• Reviews medical records and identifies documentation deficiencies according to established medical record standards.
• Ensures that physician auto-populated deficiencies have been accurately assigned to optimize physician satisfaction.
• Performs follow-up procedures on coding work queues to ensure all records are coded in a timely manner.
• Analyzes scanned documents in the queue to ensure all information is scanned correctly and linked to the correct patient.
• Identifies physicians that meet suspension criteria according to policy and bylaws.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Medical records

Regulatory compliance

Documentation review

Audits and QA

Education

High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

Job description

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

WI-SSM Health at Home Madison Hammersley

Worker Type

Regular

Job Highlights

Join a team where your work maters - every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive and inspired to make a lasting impact.

In this role, the Release of Information/Additional Documents Required team are an important part of administrative process for timely processing of requests from: patients, attorneys, the government, and insurance companies. Some of these requests may fall into an audit category.

Department: SSM Health Continuum of Care/Health Information Management

Schedule: 4 days remote, 1 day in office (supporting Back Office staff)

Job Summary

Reviews electronic health records for completeness and compliance with established rules and regulations.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements

Primary Responsibilities

• Analyzes medical records for content to ensure compliance to entity and regulatory standards.
• Reviews medical records and identifies documentation deficiencies according to established medical record standards.
• Ensures that physician auto-populated deficiencies have been accurately assigned in order to optimize physician satisfaction.
• Performs follow-up procedures on coding work queues to ensure all records are coded in a timely manner.
• Analyzes scanned documents in the queue to ensure all information has been scanned appropriately, is clear and without omission/inaccuracies, possesses the correct patient identification, and is scanned correctly as a document type in line with our commitment to patient safety.
• Identifies physicians that meet suspension criteria according to the ministry medical record completion policy and Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

Experience

• Two years' experience

Physical Requirements

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

Required Professional License And/Or Certifications

• None

Department

8060000114 Clinical Excellence

Work Shift

Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

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