Electronic Medical Records Support Manager
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Oversees the collection, entry and management of healthcare information and systems
- Abstracts information from medical records following procedures
- Conducts audits and coding reviews to ensure all documentation is accurate and precise
- Reviews medical records to ensure specificity of diagnoses and procedures
- Contacts physicians and other health care professionals with questions about treatments or diagnostic tests given to patients with regard to coding
- Provides education/training to physicians and other health care professionals on coding, clinical documentation and EHR utilization
- Maintains EHR training material and procedures and ensure updates of necessary templates and modules
- Mentors and trains coders, transcriptions, EHR specialists and oversees transcription of medical visits into the EHR's system
- Ensures activation of clinic computers/system on arrival and shut down at the end of the day
- Responsible for creation and maintenance of clinical activity reports and clinical outcomes analyses
- Maintains and manages inventory of computers, printers and scanners
- Performs related duties as assigned by Executive Director
- Maintains compliance with all company policies and procedures
Educational/Experience/Physical Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in health information management, computer science, healthcare or other related field
- Medical coding/claims/financial experience
- Strong data management and computer skills required including reporting and database terminology, development of spreadsheets, analysis and manipulation of complex data from multiple data sources.
- Excellent computer proficiency: MS Office, EHR, MS SQL, Crystal Reports, Microsoft Access or similar
- Able to handle multiple tasks, problem solve, troubleshoot and work under pressure with time constraints while maintaining a positive attitude
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, ability to identify reporting/data errors and develop corrective action plans
- Aptitude for understanding business environment and translating business requirements into technical solutions
- Understanding of anatomy and physiology, medical terminology and disease processes to effectively apply ICD and CPT coding principles