Northern California HERC

Job Description

Align yourself with an organization that has a reputation for excellence! Cedars-Sinai was awarded the National Research Corporation?s Consumer Choice Award 19 times for providing the highest-quality medical care in Los Angeles. We were also awarded the Advisory Board Company?s Workplace of the Year. This annual award recognizes hospitals and health systems nationwide that have outstanding levels of employee engagement. We offer an outstanding benefits package that includes health care, paid time off, and a 403(B). Join us! Discover why U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America?s Best Hospitals.

What you will you be doing in this role:

The Health Information Technician II - Birth Records Completion (HIT II) is responsible for performing specialized health information activities related to the organization, maintenance, privacy, and use of the electronic and paper patient health records. Positions at this level have high customer service, strong analytic, problem-solving skills and are able to interpret and explain CSMC policy and external requirements related to chart documentation, privacy and release of information.

In this specific role you will work with birth registration activities for birth certificate processing of patients born within the Medical Center as per the Department of Public Health requirements. This includes working with parents in obtaining all required documentation and forms used in processing birth certificates. Communicates with parents, vital records, nursing social works, and attorneys. Enters birth certificate information into the Electronic Birth Registry System (EBRS) timely and accurately and submits birth certificates electronically. Demonstrates excellent patient interviewing skills. Interacts with patients and performs job duties with sensitivity and attention to the patient population(s) being served. Other duties, as needed. 

Responds to internal and external requests for assistance. Monitors daily concurrent compliance with documentation completion timeliness standard(s). Queries and researches within multiple hospital systems to assess compliance with documentation requirements. Monitors completion of work queues to confirm and update status of documentation.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• High School diploma or GED required. Associate degree or college courses in a related field preferred.
• A minimum of 2 years' experience working in Health Information, Medical Records or a related field required.
• Prior birth registration, patient interaction, and internal and external customer interaction experience are strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of State of California, Department of Public Health - Vital Records guidelines and processes highly desired.
• Registered Health Info Tech (RHIT) credential preferred.

Experience/Skills Sought:

Strong medical terminology skills.

Basic knowledge of ICD-10.

Attention to detail, advanced decision-making and high analytic skills.

Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)

Detailed knowledge of the medical record content and chart organization.

Detailed knowledge of documentation and privacy regulatory standards, required.

Strong customer service and communication skills. English language proficiency, written and spoken. Bilingual preferred.

Strong data analysis and research skills for error corrections.

Knowledge of EMR, EPIC, and hospital computer systems, such as SIS. 

Why work here?

Beyond outstanding employee benefits we take pride in hiring the best employees. Our accomplished and compassionate staff reflects the culturally and ethnically diverse community we serve. They are proof of our dedication to creating a dynamic, inclusive environment that fuels innovation.

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About Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Providing healthcare for more than 100 years, Cedars-Sinai has evolved into one of the most dynamic and highly renowned medical centers in the world. Along with caring for patients, Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. This attracts exceptional talent to Cedars-Sinai, including world-renowned physician-scientists who seek a place where they can both conduct research and see patients--the ideal formula for discovery and its translation into cures. Our patients benefit from access to doctors at the top of their fields, and our researchers have an ideal community in which to study the impact of healthcare challenges, and reflect that knowledge in their research. The greater Los Angeles area in which Cedars-Sinai resides possesses unparalleled cultural and ethnic diversity which offers outstanding opportunities for translational and clinical research and a dynamic environment for medical education.Although community based, Cedars-Sinai is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Cedars-Sinai has highly competi...tive graduate medical education programs in more than 50 specialty and subspecialty areas, a graduate program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine, a clinical scholars program directed towards junior physicians with aspirations to become clinical scientists, and post graduate training opportunities.There are more than 250 full-time faculty members at Cedars-Sinai. The voluntary medical staff, comprised of more than 2,200 specialty board-certified or board-qualified physicians, represent all of the specialties and subspecialties and collaborate with full-time medical staff in the teaching responsibilities of the graduate medical education programs.

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