POSITION SUMMARY: The Medical Records Coordinator is responsible for the organization and direction of the medical records office. They work with other parts of the interdisciplinary team to facilitate and coordinate documentation and paperwork.
REPORTS TO: Corporate Compliance Manager
SUPERVISES: None
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: High School Diploma (or completing)
Experience: Ensure medical records are maintained in a manner compliance with ethical, legal, and regulatory requirement of the medical services system.
Core Competencies: Team player, communication skills, problem analysis and assessment, judgment and problem solving, decision making, planning and organizing, work and time management, attention to detail and high level of accuracy, and collaboration
Other: None
FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Plan, maintain, and operate a variety of health record indexes or storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, or analyze medical record information.
2. Safeguard and protect the patient’s right to privacy by ensuring that only authorized individuals have access to the patient’s medical information.
3. Conducts periodic audits of medical records to ensure completeness, accuracy, and compliance with state and federal regulations.
4. All other duties as deemed necessary and appropriate.