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About Duke Health's Patient Revenue Management Organization
Pursue your passion for caring with the Patient Revenue Management Organization, which is Duke Health's fully integrated, centralized revenue cycle organization that supports the entire health system in streamlining the revenue cycle. This includes scheduling, registration, coding, billing, and other essential revenue functions.
Occ Summary
Performs specialized or advanced health information activities necessary to organize, maintain, and use electronic patient health records. Positions at this level demonstrate a strong, independent work ethic, exceptional customer service, outstanding analytic and problem-solving skills, and the ability to make decisions based on standard operating procedures. Requires the ability to interpret and explain policy and internal requirements related to health record documentation, policies, and procedures. Specific job responsibilities are based on the service unit within the Health Information Management assigned and include: performing HIPAA-compliant screening of incoming requests to protect the health information of our patients; distribution of medical records; efficiency management of duplicate pair resolution; deceased flag management; management of calls for medical record numbers; deficiency management to assure compliance with federal and state regulatory and accrediting body requirements for health record content and timely completion; and document management to include the capture of health records in an electronic format. Expert computer skills to navigate and query multiple electronic systems required to complete complex tasks.
Work Performed
Document Management Functions: Maintains the integrity of the Clinical Data Repository (CDR) with comprehensive Subject Matter Expert knowledge of applications, workflow, and integration within Hyland OnBase, Solarityand Maestro Care related to scanned document archival to troubleshoot end-use concerns. Provides training and education resources to customers, as needed. Monitors investigate and takes appropriate action to resolve complex errors and interface errors preventing document upload to the electronic health record within multiple systems. Performs audits, analyzes data, prepares reports, and communicates findings to leadership. Failed Faxes: Communicates effectively and timely with sending individuals and intended recipients to resolve transmission issues preventing successful transmission of information.Monitors the electronic fax transmission failures and resolves to ensure timely release of outbound faxed information. Monitors investigate and take appropriate action to resolve failed fax errors preventing documents from transmitting and resending information.
Prepare and report daily metrics for fax transmission and failure. Demonstrates an intermediate level of skill with Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel). Monitors submit and respond to service desk tickets related to failed fax transmissions. Coordinates updates to Maestro Care Provisioning-SER-DHTS Team to ensure accurate fax information within the Maestro Care database to event future errors Release of Information Functions: Complete the final review of authorization or requests for records and process simple requests for continuity of care, disability, and insurance. Activities required include research and compilation of findings into summarized reports that will be shared with external clinical providers (authorization not required), the Office of Social Security Disability (authorization required), and insurance requests (authorization required). Patient Identity Management Functions: Duplicate medical record numbers mergesAnalyze & review patient overlays and update basic demographic information. Escalates complex issues requiring correction, such as MRNunmerge and contact moves and documentation corrections.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Good organizational skills, excellent investigative/analytic skills with detail orientation, and strong follow-through capabilities. Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively problem solve, develop working relationships, and assist system users. Must be able to meet deadlines, work independently, set priorities, and maintain confidentiality. Ability to work calmly and efficiently in high-pressure situations. Intermediate knowledge of human anatomy and physiology and medical terminology is highly recommended. Intermediate to Expert skills in Windows-based software; familiarity with information technology hardware and software in a local and wide area network environment.
Minimum Qualifications
Education
A high school or GED diploma is required.
Experience
4 years of experience in Health Information Management, Document Management, or healthcare-related fields is required associate / bachelor's Degree in Healthcare, Business, IT, or a Related Field can be substituted for 2 years of experience Associates Degree in HIT preferred
Degrees, licenses, and certifications
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