Health Information Technician

About This Role

The Health Information Technician serves as a specially trained and skilled technical assistant to the Health Information Administrator within the Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery. This role involves preparing specialized reports, evaluating health information records, and ensuring compliance with accrediting and regulatory agency standards. The technician also functions as an audit specialist, measures data accuracy, and represents the organization in court actions regarding health care records.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a specially trained and skilled technical assistant to the Health Information Administrator
• Apply coding and classification to diseases and verify reliability of coded information
• Represent the organization in matters regarding health care records in court actions
• Utilize a personal computer, software, hardware, and agency mainframe applications to produce special reports, charts, forms, and graphs for summaries and displays of health information records
• Serve as a liaison to clinical staff and managers for unresolved medical record related discrepancies, delinquencies, and non-compliant records
• Monitor existing health information services system procedures
• Participate in assigned facility committees and provide training to staff on department and facility policy and procedures pertaining to health information
• Perform other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above

Requirements

• Knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to two years of college
• One year of experience in health information records procedures
• Accreditation as a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA)

Benefits

• Pension Program
• Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 3 Paid Personal Business Days annually
• 12 Paid Sick days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)
• 10-25 days of Paid Vacation time annually (10 days in year one of employment)
• 13 Paid Holidays annually, 14 on even numbered years
• Flexible Work Schedules (when available dependent upon position)
• 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
• Deferred Compensation Program - A supplemental retirement plan
• Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
• GI Bill® Training/Apprenticeship Benefits eligibility for qualifying Veterans
• 5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions
• Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)

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