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Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, part of Lifepoint Health, is a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. The organization is driven by a commitment to prioritize employee well-being so team members can provide exceptional care to others.
Role Overview
A Health Information Management Technician supports chart completion, records retrieval, documentation review, and physician dictation workflows to help ensure medical records are complete, accurate, and compliant with regulatory and Joint Commission standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze assembled records for chart completion deficiencies according to regulatory requirements and medical staff rules.
- Assign deficiencies to the appropriate medical staff member and enter data for tracking and monitoring.
- Review documentation and update or clear deficiencies as appropriate.
- Answer telephone calls and assist visitors, including physicians, patients, and family members, while maintaining confidentiality.
- Retrieve, log, and print medical records requested by physician offices, patients, hospitals, and other entities.
- Notify the director of outstanding records, equipment issues, process concerns, and other job-related issues.
- Participate in on-call rotation for retrieval of records, fax transfer records, and power of attorney paperwork.
- Assist with daily Health Information Management functions.
- Work closely with physicians to ensure they are set up to dictate into the system.
- Train physicians and APRNs to dictate and e-sign dictation and orders.
- Ensure records are completed in accordance with Joint Commission standards.
- Monitor the dictation system hold queue.
- Notify physicians of late, updated, and cutoff dictations.
- Perform data entry for stillbirths.
Requirements & Qualifications
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Applicable work experience may be considered in lieu of education.
- Critical thinking skills and decisive judgment required.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Experience in release of information practices preferred.
Benefits & Perks
Benefits and Perks
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
- Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, short-term disability, long-term disability, and paid family leave.
- Paid time off.
- Tuition assistance and certification support.
- Loan assistance.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
- Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs.
- Free gym memberships.
- Virtual care appointments.
- Mental health services.
- Discount programs.
- Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.
Location
Kentucky, US
Employment Type
Full-time
Experience Level
Entry Level
Remote work allowed
No
Posted
1 week ago