HIM Specialist

Responsibilities

HIM Specialist - On-Site Opportunity

Emerald Coast Behavioral Hospital provides inpatient treatment services to adolescents and adults at our 86-bed facility in Panama City, FL and outpatient services to adolescents and adults at our four outpatient centers located throughout the Florida Panhandle. Additionally, we offer specialized treatment for active duty military members through our Military Resiliency Program, specialized chemical dependency treatment and TMS therapy for chronic depression.

Visit us online at : https : / / emeraldcoastbehavioral.com /

The HIM Specialist assures that records are kept confidential, secure, current, authenticated, legible, and complete. Records and informational content must be safeguarded against loss, defacement, and tampering, as well as from use by unauthorized individuals. Provides services necessary for prompt retrieval of information, both clinical (diagnosis codes) and statistical (admissions, etc.). Provides for transcription of clinical dictation and utilization review for third party payors. Processes releases of information within state and federal confidentiality guidelines. Codes diagnoses and procedures as appropriate using ICD-10-CM coding system after patient discharge.

Job Duties / Responsibilities :

Processes release of information as appropriate in response to requests including but not limited to patient's, healthcare entities, legal agencies, etc. according to standard hospital policy and procedure and HIPAA requirements.

Assembles and files medical record according to hospital guidelines.

• Codes diagnoses and procedures as appropriate using ICD-10-CM coding system after patient discharge for all payor types with the exception of Medicare. May pre-code Medicare with final review, approval and submission by supervisor.

Benefit Highlights :

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE : UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 99,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, 60 outpatient and other facilities in 39 U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

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