Health Information Specialist SMA West Charleston Las Vegas NV

For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your opportunity. We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us and help people live healthier lives while doing your life's best work.(sm)
 
Primary Responsibilities:

• Support Health Information Management Department operational processes by collecting and preparing documentation for entry into the Electronic Medical Record; scan and index clinical documentation under supervision; provide customer services via phone and fax


• Answer phones and fax information


• Collect paperwork from clinical areas


• Scan and index approximately 500 different types of clinical forms/documentation into the Electronic Medical Record


• Ensure that HIPAA and legal guidelines are followed in all interactions with patients and in handling of the medical record


• Report issues directly to Senior Health Information Management

Required Qualifications:

• High school education or GED


• Graduate from an accredited Medical Assistant program and/or 3+ years of military medic experience required


• 1+ years of customer service experience


• Basic level experience with Microsoft Word and Outlook, with the ability to navigate a Windows environment


• Ability to maintain confidentiality and adhere to HIPAA requirements


• Good organizational and attention to detail


• Excellent communication skills both oral and written


• Good 10-key calculator skills


• 1+years' experience with EMR

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bilingual


• Proficient computer skills, i.e., Microsoft Excel


• Prior experience with scanning equipment

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.SM

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.