Health Record Coordinator

Health Record Coordinator assists in developing and maintaining an appropriate health record service and system for the center.
Health Record Coordinator QUALIFICATIONS • High School diploma.
• Strong written and verbal skills in English necessary for business.
• Administrative and organizational ability.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Previous experience in a health care setting.
• Prior health record experience preferred.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Basic computer experience preferred.
Health Record Coordinator GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: ADMINISTRATIVE • Maintains Health Record System according to Federal, State and Community requirements.
• Participates in assigned meetings and inservices.
Health Record Coordinator SUPERVISION (if applicable) • Meets unit work goals through assignment of staff to resident care needs.
• Monitors staff performance through coaching, praises and recognizes effective performance or takes direct corrective action after coaching (counseling) as needed.
Health Record Coordinator TECHNICAL • Initiates Resident Health Record.
• Initiates and maintains logs and indices as required: • Admission/Discharge Register • Master Patient Index • Disease Index • Medicare Log (if applicable) Job Descriptions Manual Health Record Coordinator (Note: also may be referred to as Health Records Director or Medical Records Director in Health Records Manual.
) Administrator • Audit System • Discharge Control Log • Chart Removal Log • Resident Care Plan Log • Telephone Audit Log • Performs Audits • Admissions • Discharge • Routine Quality Assurance Audits • Special as required • Coordinates Physician Documentation • Telephone Orders • History and Physicals • Monthly Physicians Orders • Physicians’ Progress Notes • Certifications and Recertifications • Discharge Summaries • Thins charts and maintains overflow files as required.
• Maintains and controls release of information within State, Federal and HIPPA regulations: • Subpoena in conjunction with Senior Vice President of Clinical Compliance • Correspondence – including legal • Access to Records • Records and maintains minutes of meetings as assigned.
• Inputs and prints computerized medical records forms.
• Prepares statistical reports as required.
• Destroys old health records as required.
• Assembles, analyzes and completes discharge records.
• Maintains unit filing system.
CONSUMER SERVICE • Presents professional image to consumers through dress, behavior and speech.
• Adheres to Company standards for resolving consumer concerns.
• Ensures that all consumer/resident rights are protected.