Health record technician vs medical record assistant

Differences between health record technician and medical record assistant duties and responsibilities

Health record technician example responsibilities.

• Maximize ROI by effectively managing the microfiche process.
• Treat all patients, their families, visitors, peers, staff and representatives in a pleasant and courteous manner.
• Process relatively structure records including detail coding and basic abstracting of discharge patients.
• Process records for HCC/HEDIS audits; perform regular monitoring of establish documentation deficiency and HIPPA reports.
• Organize, analyze and technically evaluate inpatient and outpatient medical records for physician completeness according to hospital bylaws and JCAHO standards.
• Analyze and process patient status in Meditech application.

Medical record assistant example responsibilities.

• Lead special department-wide task force initiative to minimize abuse of Oxycontin prescriptions bill to Medicaid.
• Manage and organize all paperwork concerning caregivers and patients; organize filing system; ensure operation of electronic filing systems.
• Work with EHR, provide medical records to patients and specialty centers.
• Guide department through transition from paper charts to EHR system scan all patient records into database.
• Scan documents into electronic medical records system and certify HIPAA compliance
• Implement HIPAA guidelines in keeping patient information secure and confidential.
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