medical record specialist San Antonio, TX
Job description
Introduction- Days, Monday-Friday
Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Medical Records Specialist, Full time with Methodist Hospital Metropolitan you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!
Benefits
Methodist Hospital Metropolitan, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
- Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
- Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
- 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
- Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
- Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
- Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
- Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
- Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
- Colleague recognition program
- Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
- Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Would you like to unlock your potential with a leading healthcare provider dedicated to the growth and development of our colleagues? Join the Methodist Hospital Metropolitan family! We will give you the tools and resources you need to succeed in our organization. We are looking for an enthusiastic Medical Records Specialist, Full time to help us reach our goals. Unlock your potential!
Job Summary and Qualifications
As a Medical Records Specialist, you will routinely perform duties in support of the management of horizon Patient Folder (HPF)/McKesson Patient Folder (MPF) workflow queues, the source clinical E.H.R. (e.g., MEDITECH, Epic, MedHost, Cerner, etc.), working applicable worklists within 3M 360 Encompass, resolving unbilled accounts, routine data entry of unbilled reason codes (URCs), retrieving medical records and loose documentation from ancillary departments and nursing units, prepping, scanning and indexing of the documents into HPF/MPF or E.H.R and performing quality checks of documents scanned, processing birth certificates as required by state law, assisting with ROI requests, answering phones, processing HIM incoming mail, and processing physician suspensions.
In this role you will:
Retrieves discharged medical records from various departments in the hospital and reconcile 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.
May assist with physician system use-related questions related to HPF/to MPF, the physician portal, E.H.R.,3M 360 Encompass, or other issues that may arise.
May assist in setting up review queues for external chart reviews, provides training, and address questions.
Resolves accounts assigned to various HPF/MPF work queues, E.H.R. worklists, eRequest queues, and worklists in 3M 360 Encompass which require research and analysis to determine the appropriate actions(s) to be taken.
Qualifications:
Highschool graduate or equivalent preferred
Hospital or physician office experience is 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 may be required for Birth Certificate processing; training will be provided
Parallon provides full-service revenue cycle management, or total patient account resolution, for HCA Healthcare. Our services include scheduling, registration, insurance verification, hospital billing, revenue integrity, collections, payment compliance, credentialing, health information management, customer service, payroll and physician billing. We also provide full-service revenue cycle management as well as targeted solutions, such as Medicaid Eligibility, for external clients across the country. Parallon has over 17,000 colleagues, and serves close to 1,000 hospitals and 3,000 physician practices, all making an impact on patients, providers and their communities.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Medical Records Specialist opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
