Becton Healthcare Resources Hiring for Medical Records Technician Job at Union City, CA Full Time

BHR is a behavioral healthcare management company that manages an outpatient mental health clinic that seeks a Medical Records Coordinator for our Union City clinic. This position will provide medical records support to clinics that are staffed with Board Certified Psychiatrists, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists, Psychiatric Nurses and other Clinicians.

Full-time status with benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, vacation & sick

Monday – Friday; 8:30am to 5pm

Must have a certification in Medical Technology, Medical Office Assistant, or a 2 year Associate Degree in Medical Technology or Health Information Management. Or Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Counseling or Social Work.

A minimum of 2 years recent experience working in a healthcare environment. With a minimum of 1 year experience in the area of medical records, quality assurance or utilization review.

High volume clinic with lots of daily medical records requests. Solid communication skills (verbal & written). Must be flexible and have the ability commute to other locations for monthly audits or meetings. Must be reliable and punctual for all shifts.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

The primary responsibility of the Medical Records Technician is to maintain client charts with a keen focus on the quality assurance of the clinic and to keep all patient records confidential. Daily monitoring combined with improvement. The Medical Records Technician organizes and manages health information data, ensures its quality, accuracy, accessibility, and security in both paper and electronic systems, and maintains patients’ medical and treatment histories. The coordinator performs routine administrative tasks associated with maintaining medical records, invoices, correspondences, and other records arranged in paper and/or electronic files according to an established system. Must communicate well with clinical staff and patients to ensure efficiency and adherence to required paperwork. This person must also interact with external agencies including other health care professionals, legal representatives, government and regulatory agents by releasing patients’ protected health information according to federal, state, and agency guidelines.

EXAMPLE OF DAILY TASKS:

• Review medical providers’ chart documentation daily for timeliness, completeness, accuracy, and compliance with regulations and provide timely feedback of findings.

• Monitor Medi-Cal documentation to ensure that all required paperwork has been completed and received according to established programmatic, county, and state guidelines.

• Compile and maintain patients’ medical records for quality assessment in a manner consistent with medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements of the health care system.

• Participates in regular Continuous Quality Review process

• Maintain effective systems with the billing department to ensure that documentation matches claims.

• Process and track all denied services.

• Process and maintain medical records of patients in a manner consistent with medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements of the health care system.

• Process patient admission or discharge documents including preparing charts for storage.

• Enter and maintain the collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, and reporting of data for clinical databases and registries.

• Respond to requests for medical records; processes letters and reports; answers and directs telephone calls.

• Consult with UR Manager and Risk Manager on all subpoenas and/or special medical record requests.

• Release information to persons or agencies according to regulations. This information may be exchanged in person, writing, telephone, facsimile, or email.

• Submit weekly and monthly reports that track overall medical record productivity, admissions and discharges, and charts reviewed in a timely manner.

• Participate in preparation for county or state audits.

• Travel to alternative clinic locations or corporate on an as needed basis.· Perform additional duties as requested

TO APPLY SUBMIT:

1. Cover letter (include desired salary and summarized related job experience)
2. Current Resume

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
All customers and staff are required to a wear mask. PPEs provided.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Union City, CA 94587: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Preferred)

Experience:

• Medical records: 2 years (Required)
• healthcare administration: 1 year (Preferred)
• quality assurance/auditing: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• medical technology certification (Preferred)
• Health Information Management certification (Preferred)
• Medical Assistant certification (Preferred)

Work Location:

• One location

Work Remotely:

• No

Work Location: One location