Medical Records Specialist

Methodist Healthcare System; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Education support

Job summary

Methodist Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare, is seeking a Medical Records Specialist to support the HIM Director in managing HPF/MPF workflows, scanning, indexing, and birth certificate processing. This role involves coordinating with various departments to ensure accurate record handling and timely retrieval of records.

You will interact with parents to collect birth information, handle suspension processes, and maintain documentation in compliance with state requirements.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Hospital or medical office experience preferred.
• Certification program from the state may be required for birth certificate processing.

Responsibilities

• Retrieves discharged medical records and reconciles them to ensure records are accounted for.
• Facilitates retrieval/printing of medical records from storage and archival of documents.
• May assist with physician suspension process and notify relevant parties.
• Prepares medical records and loose documents for scanning.
• Scans medical record documents.
• Indexes medical record documentation.
• Performs quality control validation to ensure documents are scanned correctly.
• Completes required certification and continuing education for birth certificate processing.
• Interacts with parents to collect birth information and explains forms.
• Assists with the Acknowledgment of Paternity form with diplomacy when needed.
• Reviews patient records and other resources to obtain birth information.

Skills

Records handling

Documentation

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Schedule: Thursday - Monday; 8am to 5pm.

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Medical Records Specialist with Methodist Hospital you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Medical Records Specialist, you would be responsible for assisting the HIM Director by routinely performing duties in support of the management of the Horizon Patient Folder (HPF)/McKesson Patient Folder (MPF) workflow queues, working applicable worklists within 3M 360 Encompass, the resolution of unbilled accounts, and the processing of physician suspensions. In addition, you will serve as the primary point of contact when the HIM Director and/or HIM Coordinator is unavailable.

In this role you will:

• Retrieves discharged medical records from various departments in the hospital and reconciles them to ensure that all records are accounted for.
• Facilitates the retrieval and printing of medical records from storage, as well as the storage, archival and record retention of documents and/or other Alternate Media that cannot be scanned into HPF/MPF (e.g., fetal monitor strips).
• May assist with the physician suspension process by evaluating if a physician should be put on suspension, creating the list of recommended suspensions for approval, sending out notice letters, making reminder calls, etc.
• Prepares medical records and loose documents for scanning.
• Scans medical record documents.
• Indexes medical record documentation.
• Performs a paper document to PC screen quality control validation to ensure that all documents associated with each record have been scanned.
• Completes any certification program and continuing education that may be required by state law to accurately perform the duties of the birth certificate clerk completion and works under the guidelines and process as defined by the state.
• Interacts with the parents to collect and document the birth information, delivering the appropriate forms to them and providing guidance in the completion of the forms.
• Works with the parents to complete the Acknowledgment of Paternity form, which can require patience, diplomacy, and sensitivity if there is conflict regarding parental responsibility.
• Reviews patient medical records and other resources, as needed, to obtain required birth information.

What qualifications you will need:

• High school diploma or GED preferred
• Hospital or medical office experience preferred, but not required. Previous experience in the handling of patient health information, medical records document imaging and/or medical records is strongly preferred.
• Completing a certification program from the state(s) may be required for birth certificate processing, training and course fees will be provided.

Benefits

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

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from workprograms for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education supportthrough tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

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