MEDICAL RECORDS SUPERVISOR - MEDICAL RECORDS - MSH - FT 8AM-4PM

Job Description

Responsible for oversight of day to day Medical Records activities, including medical record number validation / merges, record retrieval, release of information, record completion, physician assistance, death certificates, chart assembly and transcription activities.

Works with physicians, Information Technology and other department staff toensure accurate and timely delivery of dictated reports.

Responsibilities

1.Plans, organizes and oversees the work of Medical Records staff to ensure the accurate completion of patient charts. Assigns and schedules work based on assessment of work volume and deadlines.

2.Coordinates all activities on chart availability for outpatient / clinic visits or walk-in requests.

3.Monitors the production level of the dictation service by conducting daily checks of all applications.

4.Troubleshoots problems with the dictation service and related systems; works with physicians to edit reports and correct identified errors to maintain a high degree of data integrity.

5.Supervises purging of inactive records for microfilming and scanning.

6.Supervises all filing activities to maintain an organized file room. Oversees the filing of all miscellaneous documents from the Emergency Department records which are not incorporated in the online IBEX record.

Ensures staff file loose sheets and maintain control of unfiled backlog.

7.Completes Death Certificates to ensure Department of Health guidelines are met.

8.Completes monthly audits to track delinquency rate, productivity and document production levels.

9.Performs weekly payroll entry and validation. Monitors attendance and punctuality for all assigned staff.

10.Provides orientation and training to all employees, Counsels and disciplines staff as required.

11.Participates and assists in the development and implementation of departmental quality improvement activities.

12.Maintains a collaborative relationship with other Mount Sinai Medical Center support functions and / or departments to provide effective and efficient medical records services.

13.Serves as the liaison with Information Technology regarding interruptions in electronic services and other problems.

14.Maintains confidentiality of all patient records and medical information under HIPAA and institutional guidelines.

15.Performs other related duties.

Qualifications

Education Requirements

Associate's Degree in Health Information Technology or equivalent; BA / BS preferred

Experience Requirements

2-3 years Medical Records supervisory experience preferred; RHIT preferred

Licensing and Certification Requirements

License : N / A

Certification : Certified as a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) or Technician (RHIT) - American Health Information Management Association

About Us

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care.

When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai's unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together.

We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by :

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization.

We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients.

We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.

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About the Mount Sinai Health System :

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education.

Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time - discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge;

developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.

Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment.

The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida;

and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high Honor Roll status, and are highly ranked : No.

1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology / Heart Surgery, Diabetes / Endocrinology, Gastroenterology / GI Surgery, Neurology / Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology / Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology.

New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report's Best Children's Hospitals ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country's best in several pediatric specialties.

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Newsweek's The World's Best Smart Hospitals ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve.

Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.

EOE Minorities / Women / Disabled / Veterans