Medical Records Specialist

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center is one of New York City's premier acute care hospitals. Located in Downtown Bronx, Lincoln is a teaching hospital renowned for its Centers of Excellence, and a recognized industry leader in the implementation of state-of-the art medical technology and best practices. Our team of highly trained and caring medical professionals is dedicated to providing the highest quality health care that is safe, compassionate, culturally competent and patient-centered. Comprehensive services are offered in three major primary care areas : Medicine, Pediatrics, and Women's Health in addition to more than eighty (80) specialty services. At Lincoln, the safety and comfort of our patients is our number one priority.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Work Shifts

9 : 00 A.M - 5 : 00 P.M

Duties & Responsibilities

Purpose of Position :

Under supervision, analyzes, abstracts, codes or indexes patients' medical record in a health care setting in compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal rules and regulations. Through coding and reporting, supports optimal utilization of System resources and services to improve outcomes in conformance with NYC Health + Hospitals standards of care; performs related work.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

1. Reviews, analyzes, abstracts, codes or indexes patients' medical record.

2. Prepares and maintains records, abstracts and summaries.

3. May do comparative studies for determining data quality.

4. Completes data correction forms.

5. Prepares Congenital Malformations Report, Alzheimer's Disease, and other Dementias Report forms, as required.

6. Instructs health care setting staff in the use of current coding classification.

7. May supervise and train other professional administrative staff of a medical record department.

8. May organize, file and retrieve medical records.

Minimum Qualifications

1. High school diploma or its educational equivalent, approved by a State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization; and

2. Completion of a coding or billing, medical record technology or health information technology (HIT) program approved by a nationally accredited agency (e.g., the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) or the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Education (CAHIIM)); or

3. Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) by AHIMA, Certified Professional Coder (CPC) by the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) or Certified Medical Billing Specialist (CMBS) by the Medical Association of Billers (MAB); or

4. Two (2) years of satisfactory experience in coding and / or abstracting medical records in a health care setting.

Benefits

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes :

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• College Savings Program
• Union Benefits for eligible titles
• Multiple employee discounts programs
• Commuter Benefits Programs

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