Medical Record Assistant - Apache Junction

* Receive and follow work schedule/instructions from your supervisor and as outlined in our established policies and procedures.


* Assist in organizing, planning and directing the medical records department in accordance with established policies and procedures.


* Assist the Medical Records/Health Information Consultant as required.


* Maintain minutes of meetings.

File as necessary.


* Develop and maintain a good working rapport with inter department personnel, as well as other departments within the facility, to assure that medical records can be properly maintained.


* Assist in recording all incidents/accidents.

File in accordance with established policies and procedures.


* Retrieve resident records (manually/electronically).

Deliver as necessary.


* Files information such as nurses' notes, resident assessments, progress notes, laboratory reports, x ray results, correspondence, etc., into resident charts.


* Collect, assemble, check and file resident charts as required.


* Assist MDS Coordinator in scheduling assessments in accordance with current facility and OBRA guidelines.


* Ensure incomplete records/charts are returned to appropriate departments or personnel for correction.


* Assist in developing procedures to ensure resident records are properly completed, assembled, coded, signed, indexed, etc., before filing.


* Establish a procedure to ensure resident charts/records do not leave the medical records room except as authorized in our policies and procedures.


* Maintain a record of authorized information released from charts/records, i.e., type information, name of recipient, date, department, etc.


* Abstract information from records as authorized/required for insurance companies, Medicare, Medicaid, VA, etc.

in accordance with current Privacy Rules.


* Index medical records as directed by the medical records/health information consultant.


* Maintain various registries as directed including register for admission and discharge of residents.


* Transcribe and type reports for physicians as necessary.


* Collect charts, assemble them in proper order, and inspect them for completion.


* Pick up and deliver resident medical records from wards, nurses' stations, and other designated areas as necessary.


* Batch resident information into the computer and retrieve resident demographic information as appropriate or as instructed.


* Answer telephone inquiries concerning medical records functions.

Prepare written correspondence as necessary.


* Retrieve medical records when requested by authorized personnel (i.e., physicians, nurses, government agencies and personnel, etc.)


* Assure that medical records taken from the department are signed out and signed in upon return to the department.


* File active and inactive records in accordance with established policies.


* Index medical records as directed.


* Agree not to disclose assigne...