Field reviewer vs medical records technician

Differences between field reviewer and medical records technician duties and responsibilities

Field reviewer example responsibilities.

• Work with and lead operators, effectively conveying information, ensuring successful wireline operation performance.
• Receive a certificate through CMS to do CMS-HCC Medicare risk adjustment review.
• Comply with all HIPAA and associate patient confidentiality requirements.
• Extract and capture all diagnosis codes base on CMS documentation standards.
• Review medical charts both off and onsite at facilities and outpatient locations.
• Perform on-site medical record reviews to validate the accuracy of ICD-9 and ICD-10 coding
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Medical records technician example responsibilities.

• Enter all patient in-take into EMR, manage triage, scheduling, and maintain a sterile clinic setting.
• Manage medical treatment authorizations and durable medical equipment (DME) requests and verify medical eligibility for all patients requesting treatment.
• Perform examinations in the ER, main radiology area and surgery.
• Order medical records for patients, medical staff, outside entities, and court subpoenas for certain dates of services.
• Audited/Validate daily outpatient medical coding accounts involving emergency rooms, surgery, interventional radiology, radiology, and ancillary services.
• Staff education on EMR and industry regulations.
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