Health Information Specialist

• Work Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm
• Process legal certification and subpoena requests accurately in accordance with privacy and compliance requirements
• Receive and process patient health information requests according to company and facility policies
• Maintain confidentiality and security of privileged information
• Maintain working knowledge of company and facility software
• Adhere to company and customer facility codes of conduct and policies
• Inform the manager about work, site difficulties, and fluctuating volumes
• Assist with additional duties and responsibilities as required
• Apply medical privacy regulations consistently to prevent unauthorized disclosure
• Manage and safeguard patient health records and ensure HIPAA compliance
• Prepare new patient charts using paper and electronic health record sources
• Assemble medical records accurately and completely in standard order
• Create digital images of paperwork for electronic medical records
• Retrieve and transmit patient records to internal and external requesters
• Answer inbound and outbound calls
• Assist with patient walk-ins
• Handle faxes, mail, data entry, and pickup scheduling as needed
• Meet site-specific productivity expectations
• Perform other duties as assigned