Psychiatric Medical Records Specialist

Acadia Healthcare; Conway (AR); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Acadia Healthcare is seeking a Medical Records Specialist to maintain medical record integrity through filing, assembling, analysis and retrieval of confidential patient records in a psychiatric setting.

You will prepare and assemble records, organize for accuracy, pull charts for audits and route them to the appropriate area while ensuring compliant storage and access. High school diploma required; 3+ years in psychiatry; RHIT/RHIA preferred.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Three or more years' experience in psychiatric settings or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and assemble medical records.
• Organize and analyze medical records for accuracy and completeness.
• Identify deficiencies and enter data in Medhost.
• Pull charts for audits, peer reviews, readmissions, and HBIPS processing.
• Ensure files are stored per storage procedures.
• Maintain and search computerized medical records.
• Manage chart control, access and storage per policies and regulations.
• Process medical records requests according to policy.
• Scan records to contract coders when applicable.
• Assist with HIM department audits including CMS measures.
• Collect discharge records from patient units.
• Assemble new admission folders when applicable.
• Print and deliver medical records forms.
• Search and print dictated reports from transcription system.
• Purge and inventory medical records for off-site storage.
• Promote quality improvement, staff and patient safety in operations.

Skills

Psychiatric setting experience

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

RHIT or RHIA preferred

Job description

Acadia Healthcare is seeking a Medical Records Specialist to maintain medical record integrity through filing, assembling, analysis and retrieval of confidential patient records in a psychiatric setting.

You will prepare and assemble records, organize for accuracy, pull charts for audits and route them to the appropriate area while ensuring compliant storage and access. High school diploma required; 3+ years in psychiatry; RHIT/RHIA preferred.