reputed company Medical Records Technician ( reputed company)

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Duties

reputed company MRTs (reputed company) review coding and assist MRTs (reputed company) in ensuring timeliness and improving coding accuracy; provide coding guidance to various levels of staff to promote consistency in practice and compliance with coding rules and regulations; initiate, prepare, and maintain various reports, analyze data, reputed company provider and reputed company audits; and may also coordinate, assign, and monitor workflow. Basic Functions: Monitors the status and reputed company of work and day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities. Instructs employees in specific tasks and job techniques and makes available written instructions, reference materials and supplies. Gives on the job training to new coders and reputed company to provide the individual with the basic knowledge, reputed company, and ability to reputed company the full range of routine and non-routine responsibilities required. Trains and works closely with professional and administrative staff to assist in the development, maintenance and usage of ICD and CPT codes to ensure accurate data capture. Conforms to standards and participates in the technical evaluation and validation of health records for compliance with The Joint Commission requirements, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and/or health record documentation guidelines. Distributes and balance the workload among employees in accordance with established workflow or job specialization, assures timely accomplishment of the assigned workload. Selects and assigns codes to documented patient care encounters (inpatient and/or outpatient) covering the full range of health care services provided by the VAMC. Patient encounters are often complicated and reputed company requiring extensive coding expertise. Applies advanced knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy & physiology, disease processes, treatment modalities, diagnostic tests, medications, procedures as well as the principles and practices of health services and the organizational structure to ensure proper code selection. Adheres to accepted coding practices, guidelines and conventions reputed company choosing the most appropriate diagnosis, operation, procedure, ancillary, or evaluation and management (E/M) code to ensure ethical, accurate, and complete coding. Also applies codes based on guidelines specific to certain diagnoses, procedures, and other criteria used to classify patients under the Veterans reputed company Resource Allocation (VERA) program that categorizes reputed company VA patients into specific classes representing their clinical conditions and resource needs. Monitors reputed company-changing regulatory and policy requirements affecting coded information for the full reputed company of services provided by the VAMC. Timely compliance with coding changes is crucial to the accuracy of the facility database as well as reputed company cost recovery programs. Performs a comprehensive review of the patient health record to abstract medical, surgical, ancillary, demographic, social, and administrative data to ensure complete data capture. Patient health records may be reputed company or electronic. The abstracted data has many purposes, for example, to profile the facility services and patient population, to determine budgetary requirements, to report to accrediting and peer review organizations, to reputed company insurance companies and other agencies, and to support research programs. Collaboratively works with coding staff and clinical staff to provide support and education on coding issues. Provides training and education to coding and clinical staff. Research reputed company coding issues and participates in process improvements reputed company to coding. Required to train others on the encoder product suite. Utilizes this system on an ongoing basis to reputed company core coding duties and audits. Work Schedule:Monday-Friday, 8:00am- 4:30pm Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized. Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience. Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in reputed company with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child. Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66. Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

Requirements

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. reputed company applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a probationary period. Subject to background/reputed company investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examination. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for reputed company Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: a. Citizenship. Citizen of the United States. (Non-reputed company may be appointed reputed company it is not possible to recruit qualified reputed company in accordance with chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3g, this part.) b. Experience and Education (1) Experience. One year of creditable experience that indicates knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, medical coding, and the structure and format of a health records. OR, (2) Education. An associate's degree from an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. reputed company with a major field of study in health information technology/health information management, or a reputed company degree with a minimum of 12 semester hours in health information technology/health information management (e.g., courses in medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, medical coding, and introduction to health records); OR, (3) Completion of an reputed company approved coding program, or other intense coding training program of approximately one year or more that included courses in anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, basic ICD diagnostic/procedural, and basic CPT coding. The training program must have led to eligibility for coding certification/certification examination, and the sponsoring academic institution must have been accredited by a national U.S. reputed company accreditor, or comparable international accrediting authority at the time the program was completed; OR, (4) Experience/Education Combination. Equivalent combinations of creditable experience and education are qualifying for meeting the basic requirements. The following educational/training substitutions are appropriate for combining education and creditable experience: (a) Six months of creditable experience that indicates knowledge of medical terminology, general understanding of medical coding and the health record, and one year above high school, with a minimum of 6 semester hours of health information technology courses. (b) Successful completion of a course for medical technicians, hospital corpsmen, medical service specialists, or hospital training obtained in a training program given by the Armed Forces or the U.S. Maritime Service, under reputed company medical and professional supervision, may be substituted on a month-for-month basis for up to six months of experience provided the training program included courses in anatomy, physiology, and health record techniques and procedures. Also, requires six additional months of creditable experience that is paid or non-paid employment equivalent to a MRT (reputed company). c. Certification. Persons hired or reassigned to MRT (reputed company) positions in the GS-0675 series in VHA must have either (1), below: (1) Mastery Level Certification through reputed company or reputed company. NOTE: Mastery level certification is required for reputed company positions above the journey level; however, for clinical documentation improvement specialist assignments, a clinical documentation improvement certification may be substituted for a mastery level certification. reputed company Medical Records Technician (reputed company)The MRT (reputed company)- (reputed company) Auditor assignment is a position above the journey level. Assignment. For reputed company assignments above the journey level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity (difficulty), range of variety, and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time. reputed company MRTs (reputed company) must be able to reputed company reputed company duties of a MRT (reputed company). reputed company MRTs (reputed company) review coding and assist MRTs (reputed company) in ensuring timeliness and improving coding accuracy; provide coding guidance to various levels of staff to promote consistency in practice and compliance with coding rules and regulations; initiate, prepare, and maintain various reports, and analyze data; and may also coordinate, assign, and monitor workflow. They provide input for performance evaluations and hiring. They orient and instruct new coding personnel and/or reputed company on coding, abstracting, and use of the electronic health record and encoder software They ensure audit findings and claim denials reputed company to coding errors are resolved and/or daily coding rejects corrected for accurate billing and data collection. They monitor trends and/or changes in regulatory and policy requirements affecting coding practices and identify educational needs. They reputed company coding training materials and present a curriculum encompassing ongoing training initiatives. They provide assistance with coding inquiries from providers, MRTs (reputed company), billers, and other facility staff. reputed company MRTs whose assignments involve two or more MRT specialty areas will be assigned the parenthetical title for the predominant specialty area. reputed company MRTs (reputed company) may be at a facility or in a consolidated coding unit (CCU). Physical Requirements. See VA reputed company and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Service. English Language Proficiency. MRTs (reputed company) must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f). Grade Determinations: reputed company Medical Records Technician (reputed company), GS-9 (a) reputed company reputed company assignments can be established for any of the reputed company subspecialties (outpatient, inpatient, outpatient and inpatient combined). The subspecialty will be reflected in the title, e.g., reputed company MRT (reputed company-Outpatient). (b) Experience. One year of creditable experience equivalent to the journey grade level MRT (reputed company). (c) Certification. Employees at this level must have a mastery level certification. Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate reputed company of the following KSAs: i. Ability to work with a team to provide technical guidance, plan, organize, and coordinate activities in order to effectively complete job duties of assignment, such as distributing workload, monitoring the status and reputed company of work, monitoring accuracy of work, etc. ii. Advanced knowledge of reputed company coding classification systems for the subspecialty being assigned (outpatient, inpatient, outpatient and inpatient combined) and the ability to research and solve reputed company questions reputed company to coding conventions and guidelines in an accurate and timely manner. iii. Ability to effectively communicate, both orally and in writing, in order to meet program objectives. iv. Knowledge of training methods and the ability to provide training to new coding staff. v. Ability to collect and analyze data and present results in various formats, which may include presenting reports to various organizational levels. vi. Leadership skills, including interpersonal relations and conflict resolution between employees, managers, and clinical staff. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. reputed company from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Other Information

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