Senior HIMS Technician Acute

Primary City/State:

Tucson, Arizona

Department Name:

HIMS Operating Svc Ctr-AZ Cent

Work Shift:

Day

Job Category:

Revenue Cycle

A rewarding career that fits your life. As an employer of the future, we are proud to offer our team members many career and lifestyle choices including remote work options. If you’re looking to leverage your abilities – you belong at Banner Health.

Looking for a motivated, experienced Senior HIMS Tech join our talented Acute Care HIMS Team.  This position has a direct impact on patient care as well as facilitates importing patients PHI documentation into Cerner. You will be responsible for compiling, processing, and maintaining patients' medical records. HIMS Technicians will ensure all regulatory requirements of Banner are followed, as well as reconcile medical record activity, maintain records in centralized locations, retrieve charts, and scan, index, and validate records.

Location: BUMC-Tucson, Main & South Campus

Full time; Monday-Friday, 8-4:30.

 

Ideal Candidate will have at least 3 years experience in medical records with some release of information experience.

Bring your medical records knowledge, excellent customer service skills, drive, attention to detail, and technical skills to a rewarding career at Banner! Apply today!

Within Banner Health Corporate, you will have the opportunity to apply your unique experience and expertise in support of a nationally-recognized healthcare leader. We offer stimulating and rewarding careers in a wide array of disciplines. Whether your background is in Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Managed Care Programs or Public Relations, you'll find many options for contributing to our award-winning patient care.

POSITION SUMMARY

This position coordinates and performs the daily operations work of designated areas within the health information management systems (HIMS) department. May act in a leadership role and as a liaison between management and the staff. Facilitates the delivery of high quality customer service to external customers. Responsibilities typically include the monitoring and direction of daily workflow and involvement in process improvement/quality monitoring functions.

CORE FUNCTIONS

1. Assist with the orientation, training and re-education of HIMS staff. Liaison between management and the HIMS staff for the purpose of coordinating staff schedules and communication of information and/or resource in providing information and HIMS department services. Promotes open communication, effective point of service decision making and problem solving while interacting with internal/external customers to ensure positive resolutions and customer satisfaction. Serves as a key liaison between staff, physicians, other departments and other departmental customers.

2. Monitor daily workflow processes, complete daily activities, and identify and communicate to leadership any opportunities for improvement as needed. Identify, address and communicate opportunities to improve work processes and practices good work group dynamics. May serve as a backup to other staff members to ensure the department operations are efficiently and effectively maintained.

3. Coordinate the compiling of department statistics, generating performance reports, and facilitating special projects, as required including assisting in the development of targets and action plans to achieve department goals.

4. Support and ensure the integrity of Electronic Medical Record through monitoring and auditing activities, including management of provider deficiencies and record completion identified through various reporting tools. May coordinate physician suspension process.

5. Conducts routine and complex releases of health information in accordance with company policy and all state and federal laws. May act as a liaison to HIMS techs and is knowledgeable with applicable federal and state regulations and Banner Health policies related to release of health information and HIPAA.

6. Support the coding function, acting as a liaison between HIMS operations, coding, registration, physicians, and other facility or system departments as applicable to facilitate the record completion, coding, and billing process.

7. Provide customer service and assistance related to HIMS departmental functions to patients, vendors, physicians, ancillary staff, and other departments in person, over the telephone, through email, or by other means.

8. Perform a variety of other support functions including assista