Medical Records Specialist

• Overview Pacific Grove Hospital in Riverside, CA., is a leader in behavioral healthcare, providing superior healthcare treatment to the people, communities, and military installations we serve.
• We are a private inpatient 68 bed acute psychiatric facility with out-patient services, dedicated to the treatment of behavioral health and substance abuse services.
• Pacific Grove Hospital is proud to be a part of the Acadia Healthcare family.
• We are seeking a Medical Record Specialist to assist with Maintaining medical record integrity through filing, assembling, analysis and retrieving confidential patient records.
• The schedule for this position is 6am-230pm and 8am-430pm.
• Your schedule will rotate week to week on this schedule.
• This will be a schedule of 24 hours per week.
• Pay range: $25-29 DOE Pacific Grove Hospital offers the following benefit package for benefit-eligble staff.
• Competetive wages Paid time off (vacation, sick, & personal days) 8 paid Holidays Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance FSA and HSA plans available Company paid life insurance Employee Assistance Program 401k with annual match Employee Discount Program

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: · Prepare and assemble medical records. · Organize and analyze medical records for accuracy and completeness. · Identify, track and enter practitioner deficiencies in Medhost. · Pull charts as requested for audits, peer review, readmissions, HBIPS processing and route to appropriate area or department. · Ensure files are stored in the designated area according to storage procedures. · Maintain and search computerized medical records. · Maintain chart control, access and storage in accordance with established policies, procedures and regulations. · Process medical records requests according to policy and procedure. · Scan records to contract coders for processing, when applicable. · Assist with HIM department audits including HBIPS, CMS Quality Measures, and concurrent reviews. · Pick up discharge records from patient units. · Assemble new admission folders, if applicable. · Print and deliver medical records forms to patient units. · Search and print dictated reports from computerized transcription system. · Purge and inventory medical records for off-site storage. · Promotes quality improvement, staff and patient safety, and cultural diversity through department operations and by personal performance.

Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS: · High School diploma or equivalent required. · Three or more years' experience in psychiatric setting or combination of education and experience necessary. LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS: · RHIT or RHIA preferred. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.