Legal Tech-Medico/Full-Time-Days/Atrium Medical Center

Premier Health; Ohio; On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Premier Health is hiring a Medico Legal Tech to retrieve and process medical information requests from multiple sources while ensuring HIPAA compliance in releasing records.

The role supports government agencies, attorneys, departments, and patients through secure release methods and accurate data handling. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential for timely responses.

Qualifications

• High School education or GED completed.
• Associate degree in HIM or related field preferred.
• RHIT certification preferred.
• Experience in medical-legal release of information is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Retrieve and process medical information requests from government agencies, offices, attorneys, and patients.
• Ensure HIPAA guidelines to minimize liability when releasing records.
• Coordinate releases via portals, CDs, flash drives, emails, or fax.
• Respond to requests with accuracy and timeliness.
• Work with internal departments to fulfill information requests.

Skills

Telephone techniques

Communication skills

HIPAA knowledge

Release of information

Analytical skills

Detail oriented

Multitasking

Team collaboration

Organization

Basic anatomy knowledge

Education

High School / GED

Associate degree preferred

HIM or related field

RHIT certification preferred

Tools

EMR software

Release of Information software

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

Medico Legal Tech is responsible for ensuring accuracy while providing customers with the highest quality product and customer service. The job role is responsible for (but is not limited to) retrieving and processing requests for medical information from government agencies, state agencies, physician offices, healthcare facilities, attorneys, court orders, subpoenas, disability services, workman’s compensation, social security administration, patients and/or their representatives, other requesters and internal organization projects as needed. The Medical Legal Tech assures that guidelines of HIPAA are followed to reduce the hospital’s potential liability in releasing records or protected health information via multiple methods of release such as patient portals, third-party portals, CDs. flash drive, emails, fax, etc.

Education

Minimum Level of Education Required: High School completion / GED

Additional requirements:

Type of degree: Associate Degree preferred

Area of study or major: HIM or other healthcare profession

Preferred educational qualifications: RHIT certification preferred

Position specific testing requirement: N/A

Licensure/Certification/Registration

Medical Terminology

Notary, if not current must obtain within 4 months of hire.

Experience

Minimum Level of Experience Required: 1 - 3 years of job-related experience

Prior job title or occupational experience: Medical-Legal experience in a Health Information Management department or related experience, i.e. healthcare billing, physician office. Associate degree, HIM, in lieu of medical-legal experience.

Prior specific functional responsibilities: N/A

Preferred experience: Experience with electronic medical records and/or release of information software

Other experience requirements: Medical Terminology or completion of medical terminology course within 3 months of hire.

Knowledge/Skills

Must display excellent telephone techniques.

Excellent communication skills and ability to work well with external customers and internal departments to get desired results

Knowledge of the Release of Health Information processes

Knowledge of HIPAA privacy and security regulations, confidentiality, associated federal and state laws, access release of information practices, information storage and retrieval, and record retention

Excellent quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills and judges the legitimacy of each request and determines if information can be released

Knowledge of procedure for requesting patient information from off-site storage facilities

Strong ability to work independently

Ability to work across multi-disciplinary teams

Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities/deadlines

Ability to be detail oriented and perform tasks at a high level of accuracy

Ability to multi-task and work well in high-stress situations

Strong work ethic, reliable, resourceful, with enthusiastic attitude

Knowledge of basic anatomy and physiology, and medical terminology

Intermediate computer literacy (such as Excel, Outlook, Word, Adobe Acrobat, Teams, Share drives, etc.)

Intermediate skills in medical computer applications and software

Notary of the Public preferred. If not currently, employee must obtain commission within 4 months of hire.