Medical Records Administrator

Job description

Description Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following: - Files and retrieves patient charts. - Searches for and investigates information contained in files, keeps files current, supplies information from file data, and removes files upon authorization. - Maintains archived chart logs - Sorts and distributes incoming mail - Prepare charts for release of medical records to various entities following specific procedures - Cross trains on telephone operator position. - Performs other work-related duties as assigned. - Performs site specific tasks - EHR update: If the medical records request is for an attorney, the patient is leaving the practice, or if the request is for a second opinion, medical records personnel need to pull the chart for the provider and prepare the “check list.” For all other requests: prepare the “check list;” but you no longer need to have the physician sign off on the record requests. - Most information should be faxed directly from ONCO. However, if a chart does need to be pulled and physically faxed, that chart should be set aside for scanning, instead of putting it back together and filing it....