Health Information Tech | 40 hours per week | HIM

Great River Health Systems; Burlington, Northern (IA, KY); Hybrid; USD 36,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental and Vision plans

Education Assistance Program

Paid time off (PTO)

Employee Referral Bonus Program

retirement matching

Job summary

Great River Health Systems in West Burlington, Iowa, is seeking a Health Information Technician to compile, audit, and maintain patients' health records in compliance with regulatory standards. This full-time role involves data entry, information release under policy, and supporting data reporting for hospital operations.

Requirements include a high school diploma or GED, 1-3 years of PC and Microsoft Office experience, and healthcare exposure; RHIT or CMA credentials are preferred.

Qualifications

• HS diploma or GED required
• HIM degree from an accredited college preferred
• 1–3 years personal computer experience required
• 1–3 years Microsoft Office experience preferred
• 1–3 years healthcare experience preferred
• RHIT or CMA credentials preferred (US)

Responsibilities

• Compile, audit, and maintain patients' protected health information
• Ensure confidentiality and security of medical records
• Release information per governmental regulation and health system policies
• Receive and screen telephone calls
• Perform data entry and data retrieval for medical records
• Develop and maintain health record indexes and storage/retrieval systems
• Prepare statistical and narrative reports for hospital staff or researchers
• Suggest improvements to health information management processes

Skills

Data entry

Health information management

Confidentiality

Education

High School Diploma or GED

HIM degree (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Data retrieval systems

Job description

## Health Information Tech | 40 hours per week | HIMApply: West Burlington, Iowa: Full time: Posted Yesterday: R-09190**Minimum Hiring Wage:**From $18.89 per hour**Job Details:**Monday - Friday (days)**Job Description:****A Brief Overview** Compile, process, maintain, and release patient health information (medical records) of health system patients in a manner consistent with administrative, legal, and regulatory requirements of the health care system. Process, maintain, compile, and report patient information for health data requirements and regulatory standards. **What you will do*** Compiles, audits, and maintains patients' protected health information for completeness and accuracy within the patient medical record.* Protect the security of medical records to ensure that confidentiality is maintained.* Release of information according to governmental regulation and health system policies and procedures.* Receive and screen telephone calls.* Perform data entry and data retrieval services, providing data for inclusion in medical records and for transmission to physicians.* Plan, develop, maintain and operationalize a variety of health record indexes and storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, retrieve, and analyze information.* Prepare statistical reports, narrative reports, correspondence and graphic presentations of information such as birth certificate registry data for use by hospital staff, researchers, or other users.* Recommends improvement to health information management processes**Qualifications:*** H.S. Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) *(required)** HIM degree from an accredited college *(preferred)** 1-3 years Personal computer experience (required)* 1-3 years Microsoft Office experience *(preferred)** 1-3 years Healthcare experience *(preferred)** Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) (United States of America) *(preferred)* or* Certified Medical Assistant American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) (United States of America) *(preferred)***Benefits:****We are excited to offer an aggressive compensation and benefits package for qualifying positions, which includes:*** Competitive base pay* Matching retirement programs* Health, Dental and Vision plans* Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts* Employee discounts including car rental, cell-phone plans* Employer-paid, Long-Term Disability, Life, and AD&D* Paid time off (PTO)* Education Assistance Program* Employee Assistance Program* Employee Referral Bonus Program* Discounted cafeteria meals* Paid Parental Leave* Employee Service Recognition program* Voluntary plans including: Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, Insurance, and Hospital Indemnity*Great River Health and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.*