Health Information Management Technician 1 (Kingsboro ATC)

Duties

This position ensures that the necessary components are present, complete, and accurate, such as clinical progress notes, laboratory reports, and treatment records; and notifies appropriate staff of discrepancies.

• Collects, reviews, and processes facility staff medical and clinical services documentation as required for Medicaid funding and billing.
• Transcribes and codes medical, clinical, and mental health services, diseases, procedures, therapy treatments, and diagnoses in accordance with national classification systems.
• Corresponds with individuals and entities regarding health record information.
• Enters and maintains databases for the tracking of health information disclosures and runs reports to ensure timely completion of requests.
• Applies and implements legal and regulatory policies, procedures, and requirements for access and disclosure of protected health information; and tracks, reports, and/or investigates privacy issues and breaches.
• In coordination with the EHR Team, and provides technical assistance, training, support, and guidance to facility and clinical staff on health information management requirements, including diagnostic and procedural coding, to meet local, state, and federal guidelines.
• In coordination with the EHR Team, advises clinical staff on health records policy and procedures and instructs treatment staff in proper methods of entering data into health records.
• In coordination with EHR Team, prepares, retrieves, and participates in data collection and presentation for clinical and administrative review.
• Conducts audits for utilization review activities; and refers deficiencies to the Utilization Review Committee for further investigation.
• Implements corrective actions as determined by internal and external audit findings
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

Ny Helps

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).

For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply.

At a future date, it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in an NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

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Minimum Qualifications

The minimum qualification for a Health Information Management Technician 1 is certification by the American Health Information Management Association as a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) or as a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT).

OR

Transfer Opportunity:

Candidates must have permanent status as a Health Information Management Technician 1 and be eligible for transfer; OR be eligible to transfer via Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law. To be eligible for 70.1 transfer, candidates must have one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service in a qualifying title within two salary grades of the SG-13 level and must be currently certified by the American Health Information Management Association as a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) or as a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT).

NOTE: Candidate(s) must be eligible and maintain eligibility for full and unconditional participation in the Medicaid and Medicare programs.

Failure to maintain Medicaid/Medicare eligibility will result in the termination of employment.

Mandatory overtime (MOT) is a requirement of this position.

Chosen candidate(s) will be added to the mandatory overtime roster, which is utilized on a rotating basis.

The MOT is applied during times of emergency, when all other staffing options have been exhausted (volunteers, hourly staff, contracted staff).

Our Addiction Treatment Centers (ATCs) operate 24/7/365 programing.

Therefore, MOT IS an essential function of this position and is critical to maintaining adequate staffing at all times in order to ensure the health and safety of clients within the facility.