Release Of Information Tech I-Easton

Job Description

I. General Summary

• Under general supervision, perform administrative functions in the release of information area such as intake and logging of ROI requests into the EMR system. Deny ROI requests that do match a patient within the EMR system.
  
  With 100% accuracy, perform quality assurance and output functions of medical records produced in response to ROI requests ensuring that the records produced are for the correct patient and dates of service indicated in the request. Create and produce mailing labels and medical records on electronic media as indicated in the ROI request. Mail medical records to requesters, post payments for medical records in the EMR system, and make deposits into the ROI revenue account. The level I ROI Tech only processes continuity of care requests.

II. Principal Responsibilities and Tasks

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.

• Process requests for health information in compliance with applicable statutes, departmental policies, guidelines, state and federal regulatory requirements.

Company Description

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state's future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland.

UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System's anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.

Qualifications

III. Education and Experience

• High school graduate or equivalent required. Graduate of an accredited Health Record Technician program with RHIT preferred.

• Minimum of one year' experience in a Health Information Management/Medical Records Department or other healthcare setting required.

IV. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong analytical and organizational skills; basic math skills; filing systems; State and Federal legal requirements for releasing health information; basic medical terminology; ability to prioritize workloads, meet deadlines and work effectively under pressure; ability to work with minimal supervision; excellent communication, interpersonal, customer service and problem solving skills.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.