Medical Records Coordinator, Correctional Health Services

Medical Records Coordinator, Correctional Health Services

Position advertised 3 days ago. Apply online by clicking the "Apply for Job" button.

Base pay range: $69,730.00/yr - $69,730.00/yr.

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the nation. We are a network of 11 hospitals, trauma centers, neighborhood health centers, nursing homes, post-acute care centers, and correctional health services. We are a home care agency and a health plan, Metro Plus. Our health system provides essential services to 1.4 million New Yorkers every year in more than 70 locations across the city's five boroughs.

Our diverse workforce of more than 42,000 employees are uniquely focused on empowering New Yorkers.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services is one of the nation’s leading correctional health care systems in quality of and innovations to care, and access from pre-arraignment through compassionate release.

In-jail services include medical, nursing, mental health, substance use treatment, social work, dental and vision care, discharge planning, and reentry support. In addition to providing direct patient care in the jails, CHS leverages the resources of the nation’s largest municipal health care system to help discharged patients successfully return to their communities. CHS is also a pivotal partner in New York City’s criminal justice reform efforts.

• Coordinate requests for medical records, including court subpoenas and requests from federal, state and local regulatory and legal entities; follow up to ensure timely response.
• Scan and preserve paper documentation into electronic records.
• Process and track requests for patient records received from clinical service teams, submit to external healthcare facilities, and follow up with external facilities.
• Coordinate requests for transfers to NYS facilities and ensure required documentation is completed and forwarded to state facilities.
• Work in any Rikers Island facility, including administrative trailers and jail facility clinics, as appropriate.
• Maintain and ensure the medical records database is updated and accurate; assist with the implementation of quality assurance processes to ensure accuracy and integrity of the data.
• Run daily reports for various processes in multiple systems and software; use and search various CHS and NYC Department of Correction systems.
• Perform red actions of medical records.
• Apply knowledge of HIPAA regulations.
• Correspond with outside jurisdictions to assist with medical portions of the extradition process.
• Retrieve hospital returns and ensure they are entered into the medical record.
• Carry out clerical duties as assigned, including maintaining supplies and participating in project team meetings to achieve team goals.
• Support the medical records team and perform other duties as assigned.

• Four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent.
• Four (4) years of full-time experience providing direct counseling, guidance, crisis-intervention or information and referral services for inmates of a correctional facility, substance abusers or a similar client population; or
• Education and experience equivalents as outlined:
  Thirty (30) semester credits from an accredited college will be considered equivalent to one (1) year of the required experience, with at least one (1) year of experience as described.

• Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.
• Strong knowledge of Excel and Word.
• Good knowledge of medical terminology.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently.

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