Medical Records Technician- Women's Health Administration, Part Time, First

UC Health; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

UC Health is hiring a part-time Medical Records Technician in the Women’s Health Administration at the University of Cincinnati location. The role focuses on accurate health information management and secure release of information.

Candidates should have a high school diploma; an associate degree and RHIT are preferred. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and HIPAA knowledge are valued. This position requires attention to detail and the ability to work in a fast-paced healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• High school graduate required.
• Associate degree preferred.
• RHIT preferred or RHIT eligible.
• 2 years experience in Health Information Management or related health care/office experience.
• Microsoft Office suite, basic medical terminology.
• HIPAA/confidentiality guidelines knowledge.
• Excellent customer service and telephone etiquette.
• Keyboarding/data entry skills.

Responsibilities

• Process health records using clinical applications and verify demographic accuracy.
• Maintain confidentiality and security of patient records; follow release rules.
• Complete Birth Certificates timely and accurately per state timelines.
• Monitor data integrity across patient information systems and MPI.
• Handle release of information requests from patients and insurers.
• Meet productivity and quality standards per department policy.
• Perform other duties as assigned by HIM management.

Skills

Customer service

Telephone etiquette

Keyboarding/data entry

HIPAA compliance

Education

High school diploma

Associate degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description

UC Health is hiring a part time Medical Records Technician in the Women's Health Administration department for the University of Cincinnati location.

About University Of Cincinnati Medical Center

As the pioneering hospital of UC Health, Greater Cincinnati’s academic health system, UC Medical Center has served greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky for nearly 200 years. Each year, hundreds of thousands of patients receive care from our world-renowned clinicians and care teams utilizing the most advanced medical knowledge and technology available. UC Medical Center has 724 licensed beds and more than 5,800 employees.

Location

Cincinnati, OH, United States

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Minimum Required: High school graduate required.
• Preferred: Associate Degree.
• Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) preferred, (or RHIT eligible).
• 2 years experience in Health Information Management or related health care/office experience.
• Microsoft office suite, basic medical terminology.
• Demonstrated understanding of HIPAA/confidentiality guidelines.
• Excellent customer service skills/telephone etiquette skills. Keyboarding/data entry skills and

About UC Health

UC Health is an integrated academic health system serving Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. In partnership with the University of Cincinnati, UC Health combines clinical expertise and compassion with research and teaching—a combination that provides patients with options for even the most complex situations. Members of UC Health include: UC Medical Center, West Chester Hospital, University of Cincinnati Physicians and UC Health Ambulatory Services (with more than 900 board-certified clinicians and surgeons), Lindner Center of HOPE and several specialized institutes including: UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute and the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center. Many UC Health locations have received national recognition for outstanding quality and patient satisfaction. Learn more at uchealth.com.

At UC Health, we're proud to have the best and brightest teams and clinicians collaborating toward our common purpose: to advance healing and reduce suffering.

As the region's adult academic health system, we strive for innovation and provide world-class care for not only our community, but patients from all over the world. help us be a source of hope for our friends and neighbors.

UC Health is an EEO employer.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrated competence with clinical applications for health record processing. Proficiently navigates through the clinical applications to identify patient demographics, provide patient information to appropriate requestors in timely manner and verifies the accuracy of the demographic information.
• Responsible for the confidentiality and security of all patient health records for the hospital. Understands all rules and regulations regarding the proper release of patient information. Keep up to date on any changes with rules and regulations associated with patient confidentiality and privacy.
• Ability to complete Birth Certificates for patients in a timely/accurate manner and in accordance with state timelines-inclusive of data collection, affidavit completion, and IPHIS abstracting.
• Monitors the data integrity of patient's medical record across all patient information systems. Proficiently navigates through software applications utilized in MPI validation, inclusive of duplicate medical record numbers, patient merge/unmerges overlays and name discrepancies.
• Good customer services skills and excellent communication skills for handling all release of information requests received from our patients, insurance companies or other entities.
• Ability to meet productivity and quality standards according to department policy and procedure for each job function. (Meets standards - does well; Below standards - needs improvement.
• Accurate completion of all other duties as assigned by the HIM Mgt team.