Medical Records Specialist

Elmhurst Hospital Center (EHC) is the major tertiary care provider in the borough of Queens. The hospital is comprised of 545 beds and is a Level I Trauma Center, an Emergency Heart Care Station and a 911 Receiving Hospital. It is the premiere health care organization for key areas such as Surgery, Cardiology, Women's Health, Pediatrics, Rehabilitation Medicine, Renal and Mental Health Services.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

8:00 A.M – 4:00 P.M, with rotating weekends and holidays (35 hours)

Purpose of Position:

Under supervision, analyzes, abstracts, codes or indexes patients' medical record in a health care setting in compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal rules and regulations. Through coding and reporting, supports optimal utilization of System resources and services to improve outcomes in conformance with NYC Health + Hospitals standards of care; performs related work.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Reviews, analyzes, abstracts, codes or indexes patients' medical record.

2. Prepares and maintains records, abstracts and summaries.

3. May do comparative studies for determining data quality.

4. Completes data correction forms.

5. Prepares Congenital Malformations Report, Alzheimer's Disease, and other Dementias Report forms, as required.

6. Instructs health care setting staff in the use of current coding classification.

7. May supervise and train other professional administrative staff of a medical record department.

8. May organize, file and retrieve medical records.

1. High school diploma or its educational equivalent, approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization; and
2. Completion of a coding or billing, medical record technology or health information technology (HIT) program approved by a nationally accredited agency (e.g., the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) or the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Education (CAHIIM)); or
3. Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) by AHIMA, Certified Professional Coder (CPC) by the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) or Certified Medical Billing Specialist (CMBS) by the Medical Association of Billers (MAB); or
4. Two (2) years of satisfactory experience in coding and/or abstracting medical records in a health care setting.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• College Savings Program
• Union Benefits for eligible titles
• Multiple employee discounts programs
• Commuter Benefits Programs

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