HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNICIAN Print (http://agency.governmentjobs.com/lacounty/job_bulletin.cfm?jobID3463655&sharedWindow0) Apply HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNICIAN Salary $67,554.60 – $91,042.92 Annually Location Los Angeles County, CA Job Type Full time Department MENTAL HEALTH Job Number b1417B Description Benefits Questions Position/Program Information EXAM NUMBER b1417B TYPE OF RECRUITMENT Open Competitive Job Opportunity FILING START DATE April 06, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. (Pacific Time) This examination will remain open until the needs of the service are met. Application filling may be suspend at any time with or without advance notice. OUT-OF-CLASS EXPERIENCE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR THIS EXAMINATION. REQUIRED EXPERIENCE MUST BE FULLY MET AND INDICATED ON THE APPLICATION BY THE LAST DAY OF FILING. DEFINITION: Under the general supervision of a higher level supervisor, Health Information Technicians collect and code health information for reimbursement, statistics and mandatory reporting for a County hospital or complex care facility. CLASSIFICATION STANDARDS: The Health Information Technician (HIT) is the full journey-level classification of a class series providing inpatient and outpatient abstracting and coding services, using Current Procedural Terminology/Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System (CPT/HCPCS), International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-CM), International Classification of Diseases, Procedure Coding System (ICD-PCS), and other coding and classification nomenclature. The HIT is characterized by its focus on complex coding and may provide technical direction and guidance to lower-level health information staff. Health Information Technicians work diligently to ensure their work product maximizes reimbursement and conforms to departmental requirements, regulatory agencies, and The Joint Commission and ICD-CM standards. Positions receive guidance as needed from the supervisor and review and analyze patient health information in order to accurately abstract and code inpatient and difficult or complex outpatient medical and surgical procedures. Essential Job Functions Analyzes client data within the electronic health record system, consults with mental health service providers in order to clarify findings, and takes necessary steps to merge duplicate client records and correct documentation errors. Provides technical direction and support to mental health service providers on correcting data errors within the electronic health record system, and to other health information personnel on the merge process, and instructs other administrative divisions on system modifications needed to prevent errors in data and ensure data integrity within the electronic health record system. Processes and provides direction on the disclosure of confidential client record requests such as from subpoenas consistent with State and federal regulations including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Prepares medical record purge reports for all Departmental directly-operated programs, and processes program requests for purging and archiving client charts. Provides guidance on filing of health information into the client record and on validating the identity of requesting parties. Assembles and analyzes health information for completeness, consistency, and compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, other State and federal laws and regulations, and Departmental policies and procedures, assuring that all relevant documentation is included. Provides guidance and direction to clerical staff and other health information personnel engaged in reviewing health information for completeness, consistency and compliance with laws and departmental regulations. Requirements MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Option I: Certification as a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) or Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) -AND- Two years of full-time experience managing patient information, coding, and abstracting health information. Option II: Certification as a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) by AHIMA -AND- One year of full-time experience managing patient information, coding, and abstracting health information. LICENSE: A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions. PHYSICAL CLASS: Physical Class II – Light: Light physical effort which may include occasional light lifting to a 10 pound limit, and some bending, stooping or squatting. Considerable walking may be involved. SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION: A legible copy of your certification MUST be submitted at the time of filing or within 7 calendar days from date of application submission. Indicate the Exam Title on the subject line when sending required documents by email. FAILURE TO SUBMIT CERTIFICATION WILL RESULT IN YOUR APPLICATION BEING REJECTED. DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS: Experience with Medi-Cal documentation and claiming standards. Experience handling requests for the release of clinical records and other protected health information from attorneys, the courts, clients etc. Experience with managing the retention, archiving and destruction of clinical records. Additional Information EXAMINATION CONTENT This examination will consist of an evaluation of education, experience and desirable qualifications based upon application and supplemental questionnaire information weighted 100%. Additional credit will be given for desirable qualifications. Candidates must achieve a passing score of 70% or higher in order to be placed on the eligible register. Notice of non-acceptance and final results will be sent via email. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION The names of candidates receiving a passing grade in the examination will be placed on the eligible register in the order of their score group for a period of twelve (12) months following the date of promulgation. Applications will be processed on an as-received basis and promulgated to the eligible register accordingly. No person may compete in this examination more than once every twelve (12) months. SPECIAL INFORMATION Past and present mental health clients, parents, and family members are encouraged to apply. FAIR CHANCE EMPLOYER The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except for a very limited number of positions, you will not be asked to provide information about a conviction history unless you receive a contingent offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and consider potential mitigating factors, including, but not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about a conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. COVID-19 VACCINATION All County workforce members must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Successful candidates for this position will be required to submit proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or request an exemption for qualifying medical or religious reasons during the onboarding process. Candidates should not present proof of vaccination until instructed to do so by the hiring department. VACANCY INFORMATION The eligible register for this examination will be used to fill vacancies within the Department of Mental Health. AVAILABLE SHIFT Appointees may be required to work any shift, including evenings, nights, weekends or holidays. APPLICATION AND FILING INFORMATION Applicants are required to complete and submit an online Los Angeles County Employment Application AND Supplemental Questionnaire in order to be considered for this examination. Paper applications, resumes, or any unsolicited documents will not be accepted in lieu of completing the online application and Supplemental Questionnaire. We must receive your application before 5:00 pm, PT, on the last day of filing. Application filing may be suspended at any time without advance notice. INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING ONLINE Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” tab for this posting. You can also track the status of your application using this website. Applicants must complete and submit their online applications and upload required documents (e.g. license, transcripts, resume, etc.,) as attachment(s) during application submission or send by email to examsdmh.lacounty.gov within 7 calendar days from date of application submission. Please be sure to reference your full name and examination title on the subject line of your email. The acceptance of your application will depend on whether you have clearly shown that you meet the Minimum Requirements. Your online application must show complete license, education and work experience information necessary to evaluate your qualifications. License information section must show title of license, license number, original date of issue, and expiration date. Education information section must include name and address of school attended, complete dates attended, name of course/s taken, number of units earned, and degree/s earned. Work experience section must include job title, employer name and address, name of work area/facility, actual payroll title held and not the working and/or functional titles, from/to dates of employment including month, day and year, total number of months, total number of hours worked per week – not a range of hours (full or part-time), and complete and detailed description of related job duties. If range of hours is provided, experience will be prorated based on the lowest number of hours worked per week. LIST separately each job experience to be evaluated. All information supplied by applicants is subject to verification. We may reject your application at any time during the examination or selection process. IMPORTANT NOTES • Please note that ALL information included in the application materials is subject to VERIFICATION at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made. • FALSIFICATION of any information may result in DISQUALIFICATION or RESCISSION OF APPOINTMENT. • Utilizing VERBIAGE from Class Specification and/or Minimum Requirements serving as your description of duties WILL NOT be sufficient to meet the requirements. Doing so may result in an INCOMPLETE APPLICATION and you may be DISQUALIFIED. For the time being, all notifications, including results letters and notices of non-acceptance, will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application. It is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add hsacksdmh.lacounty.gov as well as noreplygovernmentjobs.com and infogovernmentjob.com to your email address and list of approved senders to prevent email notification from being filtered as span/junk/clutter mail. Applicants have the ability to opt out of emails from LA County. If you unsubscribe, you will not receive any email notification for any examination for which you apply with Los Angeles County. Regardless of whether you choose to unsubscribe, you can always check for notifications by logging into governmentjobs.com and viewing your profile inbox, which saves a copy of all emailed notices. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER LANGUAGE Please include your Social Security Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number. COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT LIBRARIES For candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County. NO SHARING USER ID AND PASSWORD All applicants must file their applications online using their own user ID and password. Using a family member or friend’s user ID and password may erase a candidate’s original application record. DEPARTMENT CONTACT Department Contact Name: Heleodora “Lola” Sacks, Exam Analyst Department Contact Phone: (323) 705-4072 or (213) 972-7034 Department Contact Email: examsdmh.lacounty.gov ADA Coordinator Phone (323) 705-4072 Teletype Phone 800-735-2922 California Relay Services Phone 800-735-2922 For detailed information, please click here (http://hr.lacounty.gov/benefits/) 01 The information you provide on this supplemental questionnaire will be evaluated and used to determine your eligibility to participate in the next phase of the examination process. Please be as specific as possible and include all information as requested. Comments such as “see resume or application” will not be considered as a response. Please note that all information is subject to verification at any time in the examination and hiring process. Falsification of any information may result in disqualification or dismissal. I UNDERSTAND THE ABOVE INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS. YES 02 Many important notifications including invitation letters will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application. It is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add hsacksdmh.lacounty.gov as well as noreplygovernmentjobs.com and infogovernmentjobs.com to your email address and list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam/junk/clutter mail. Applicants have the ability to opt out of emails from LA County. If you unsubscribe, you will not receive any email notification for any examination for which you apply with Los Angeles County. Regardless of whether you choose to unsubscribe, you can always check for notifications by logging into governmentjobs.com and viewing your profile inbox, which saves a copy of all emailed notices. It is your responsibility to take the above steps to view correspondence. Los Angeles County will not consider claims of not viewing or receiving notification to be a valid reason for late test administration or rescheduling of a test component. I UNDERSTAND THE ABOVE INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS. YES 03 For those certified as a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) or as a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), what is your experience managing patient information, coding, and abstracting health information? Each response must include the following information. Credit will not be given if required information for evaluation is incomplete. Name of the Employer Payroll title Beginning and ending dates Number of hours worked per week Name and contact number of supervisor Responsibilities and duties If you are not CCS or RHIT certified, write “DOES NOT APPLY” Employers and work experience listed here must also be listed and fully detailed in the work experience section of your application. Credit will not be given if this required information for evaluation is not listed on both the application and supplemental questionnaire. 04 For those certified as a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), what is your experience managing patient information, coding, and abstracting health information? Each response must include the following information. Credit will not be given if required information for evaluation is incomplete. Name of the Employer Payroll title Beginning and ending dates Number of hours worked per week Name and contact number of supervisor Responsibilities and duties If you are not RHIA certified, write “DOES NOT APPLY” Employers and work experience listed here must also be listed and fully detailed in the work experience section of your application. Credit will not be given if this required information for evaluation is not listed on both the application and supplemental questionnaire. 05 What is your experience with Medi-Cal documentation and claiming standards? Each response must include the following information. Credit will not be given if required information for evaluation is incomplete. Name of the Employer Payroll title Beginning and ending dates Number of hours worked per week Name and contact number of supervisor Responsibilities and duties If you do not have this experience, write “DOES NOT APPLY” Employers and work experience listed here must also be listed and fully detailed in the work experience section of your application. Credit will not be given if this required information for evaluation is not listed on both the application and supplemental questionnaire. 06 What is your experience handling requests for the release of clinical records and other protected health information from attorneys, the courts, clients, etc? Each response must include the following information. Credit will not be given if required information for evaluation is incomplete. Name of the Employer Payroll title Beginning and ending dates Number of hours worked per week Name and contact number of supervisor Responsibilities and duties If you do not have this experience, write “DOES NOT APPLY” Employers and work experience listed here must also be listed and fully detailed in the work experience section of your application. Credit will not be given if this required information for evaluation is not listed on both the application and supplemental questionnaire. 07 What is your experience with managing the retention, archiving and destruction of clinical records? Each response must include the following information. Credit will not be given if required information for evaluation is incomplete. Name of the Employer Payroll title Beginning and ending dates Number of hours worked per week Name and contact number of supervisor Responsibilities and duties If you do not have this experience, write “DOES NOT APPLY” Employers and work experience listed here must also be listed and fully detailed in the work experience section of your application. Credit will not be given if this required information for evaluation is not listed on both the application and supplemental questionnaire. 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