Health Information Management Specialist II

This position is located in Beaumont, TX

Legacy Community Health is a premium, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that provides comprehensive care to community members regardless of their ability to pay. Our goal is to treat the entire patient while improving their overall wellness and quality of life, in addition to providing free pregnancy tests, HIV/AIDS screening. At Legacy, we empower patients to lead better lives by promoting healthy behaviors and offering resources such as literacy classes, family planning services, and nutrition and weight management information.

Our roots began in 1981 as the Montrose Clinic, with specialization in HIV education, testing, and treatment. Since then, the agency has expanded to >50 clinics in Houston, one in Baytown, two in Beaumont, and one in Deer Park with extensive services that include: Adult primary care, HIV/AIDS care, pediatrics, OB/GYN and maternity, dental, vision and behavioral health. We also service students within KIPP and YES Prep schools. Legacy is committed to driving healthy change in our communities.

Job Description

As a Health Information Management Specialist II, you will be responsible for ensuring all patient medical charts are filed accordingly and efficiently and maintained in a necessary order.

Essential Functions

· Works on an enterprise-level to ensure that digitized medical records are organized and processed accordingly.

· Assists with training and provides recommendations on how medical records are process and stored within in Election Health Record (EHR).

· Gathers and sorts paper medical records (such as lab reports, imaging results, consultation reports and external records) from multiple clinics within the organization to be scanned into the EHR System and imports the document(s) into the proper patient’s chart in a timely manner.

· Gather and sort eFax and eDocuments (such as lab reports, imaging results, consultation reports and external records) from multiple clinics within the organization to be imported into the patient’s chart within the EHR System.

· Works with the document indexing system to monitor and maintain work queues, document mapping and reconciliation.

· Ensures cross coverage of various departmental functions, including but not limited to: chart mergers and onsite/clinic-based documentation technician staffing.

· Follows the Legacy guidelines related to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), designed to prevent or detect unauthorized disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI).

· Maintains strict confidentiality.

· Uses oral and written communication skills to effectively convey ideas in a clear, positive manner that is consistent with the LEGACY Mission.

· Maintains established Legacy policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, environmental and infection control.

· Implements job responsibilities in a manner that is consistent with the LEGACY Mission and Code of Ethics and supportive of Legacy’s cultural diversity objectives.

· Supports and adheres to LEGACY Service Guarantee.

· Performs other related work as required.

Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitors and fellow employees to insure a professional, responsible and courteous environment.

Promotes effective working relations and works effectively as part of a team to facilitate the department’s ability to meet its goals and objectives.

Attends all required meetings and safety training programs and can describe his/her responsibilities related to general safety, department/service safety, specific job–related hazards.

· Operates assigned equipment and performs all procedures in a safe manner as instructed.

· Maintains work area and equipment in condition required by LCHS standards.

· Demonstrates proper body mechanics in all functions.

· Reports safety concerns promptly to appropriate personnel.

Follows LCHS’s exposure control plans/bloodborne and airborne pathogens.

· Demonstrates knowledge of techniques, procedures and correct use of protective barrier equipment (Universal Precautions).

· Assures a safe environment by instituting appropriate control measures.

· Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Education, Certifications, Licenses, & Training

High school graduation or GED.
2 years of related experience or in lieu of experience, a degree from an accredited college or university

Desirable Education and/or Experience

Associate’s Degree or higher with 2 years of healthcare experience preferred
Previous experience in a clinical/healthcare setting preferred.
Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) Certification preferred.

Benefits

As part of values that Healthcare is a Right and not a Privilege, we offer a suite of benefits

Medical / Vision / Dental (Costs of benefits are based on your yearly salary)
Visits within the Legacy clinic are
9 Holiday + 1 Floating Holiday
403b Retirement Plan
Bright Horizons Back-up Care
As a user of Bright Horizons Back-Up Care, you can conveniently schedule care right from your mobile device with the Back-Up Care app– your easy, time-saving solution to managing family care challenges while on the go.
Paid Time Off (PTO)
PTO Exchange benefit

PTO Exchange will provide you with the option to convert a portion of your accrued but unused PTO hours for use toward several different benefits and causes, based on your own priorities.

With PTO Exchange, you can convert a portion of your unused PTO into:

403(b) Retirement contributions
Student loan payments / Tuition for the employee
Leave Sharing donations to fellow employees

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