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Description

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DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital is DMC’s largest hospital, offering a comprehensive heart center, cancer care, gerontology, emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and cosmetic services. Sinai-Grace’s joint replacement program features a revolutionary minimally invasive knee and hip replacement surgery that attracts patients from all over the country. Sinai-Grace operates more than 21 outpatient care sites and ambulatory surgery centers throughout Wayne and Oakland Counties and is one of 10 hospitals in the nation to be awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to help set the standards of cardiac care for hospitals and physicians throughout the nation.
Summary Description
•    Reconciles records against discharge census and takes appropriate and timely action to retrieve all discharged patient records
•    Retrieves medical records from designated Patient Care areas, organizes, prepares and processes for document imaging
•    Meets departmental quality and productivity standards for preparing, and scanning of patient records
•    Other job duties as assigned based on skill level and need
    o    Movement of medical record documentation from incorrect to correct account numbers
    o    Paper to Image audits for scanned records
Performs birth and/or death records processing including, but not limited to, the following:  
Birth Process:
•    Processes birth certificates and affidavits of parentage 
•    Prepares and submits completed birth certificates to the Department of Health biweekly 
•    Assists walk-in customers in obtaining information concerning birth certificates and establishing paternity.  Assists the state in updating records, providing information as to where the deceased infants were released. 
Death Process:
•    Ensures completion of Expiration documentation in medical record
•    Ensures completion of Death Certificate
•    Follow-up with physicians, Social Work, Security and Funeral Homes as needed
•    Completes Morgue and Death Certificate Logs
•    Works with Funeral Homes on body release
•    Ensures all paper death-related forms are sent for scanning into the medical record
•    In accordance with CMS and Joint Commission requirements, Medical Staff Policy and DMC Medical Rules and Regulations, performs the following functions related to medical record analysis and chart deficiency assignment/resolution:
     o    Analysis of in house patient medical records to determine if required History & Physicals and Operative Reports, as applicable, are complete, present and accounted for, with completed attestations and co-signatures as required
     o    Analysis of discharged patient medical records to determine if all required components are complete, present and accounted for, with completed attestations and co-signatures as required
     o    Accurate and timely assignment of deficiencies in Cerner Profile as appropriate
     o    Update status of accounts in 3M HDM, consistent with Profile deficiencies
     o    Contact physicians regarding delinquent records/missing documents
•    May assist physicians with document completion process/access issues if needed
•    Identifies and issues/patterns related to specific physicians, document types, etc., and escalates to leadership as appropriate
•    Assists Supervision and Management with compilation of accurate and timely chart delinquency and suspension lists
•    Must meet department productivity standards for chart analysis
•    Assist with other job functions/projects as assigned by management;  This may include but is not limited to the following:
   o    Assistance with Prep/Scanning Activities
   o    Movement of medical record documentation from incorrect FIN/Patient to correct FIN/Patient
   o    Paper to Image Audits for scanned records
   o    Periodic medical record reviews for Joint Commission and CMS requirements

Qualifications

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Minimum Qualifications
•    High school diploma or GED required; AAS in Health Information Technology preferred.
•    Two years of experience working in a Medical Records department or the equivalent experience completing medical records duties in another setting, or the completion of at least 30 credit hours of a Health Information Management Associate's degree program preferred.
•    Basic Windows-based computer experience required; Excel and Word experience necessary.
•    Understanding of HIPAA Privacy Rules.

Skills Required
Minimally:
•    Analytical skills 
•    Organization and time management
•    Windows-based computer experience, especially Excel and Word

Job : Non-Clinical/Administrative

Primary Location : MI-Detroit

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Hospital/Facility : DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital

Job Type: : Full-time

Shift Type: : Days

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