Public health registrar vs medical record assistant

Differences between public health registrar and medical record assistant duties and responsibilities

Public health registrar example responsibilities.

• Use EMR software to manage patient records and files; reinforce and uphold patient confidentiality as required by HIPPA and clinic.
• Register patient demographic and insurance information for emergency department, labor & delivery, outpatient surgery, and inpatient admissions.
• Well verse with many of the ICD-9 and upcoming ICD-10 codes billing codes.
• Receive patients, record patient demographic information and verify insurance for emergency department, laboratory, and radiology

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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