Medical Records Technician (Office Automation)

Summary

About the Position: This position is located with Defense Health Agency, Augusta Market, with SOUTHCOM. The incumbent will serve as a medical records technician reviewing, analyzing, processing, and maintaining medical records in compliance with regulatory requirements. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Duties

• •Analyze medical records for completeness and accuracy to ensure they meet prescribed documentation directives and accreditation standards.
• •Manage the life-cycle of medical records by overseeing their creation, maintenance, filing, and transfer in accordance with established procedures.
• •Process requests for medical information by abstracting pertinent data to ensure compliance with the Privacy Act and other confidentiality directives.
• •Verify medical information requests by confirming the requester's entitlement to access information prior to releasing records.
• •Maintain detailed logs of all released medical information to ensure proper tracking, reporting, and initiation of billing procedures.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Answering patient inquiries regarding medical record release procedures, clinic policies, or appointment coordination; 2); Maintaining medical records in accordance with regulatory confidentiality (HIPAA) standards, retention schedules, and documentation guidelines; and 3) Utilizing electronic health records (EHR) systems to track, retrieve, update, and audit patient demographic and medical documentation. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04). OR Education: Four years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages. Proficiency Required: This position requires a qualified typist. A qualified typist can type 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.