Rehab Office Assistant

Job Description

ECU Health

About ECU Health Medical Center

ECU Health Medical Center, one of four academic medical centers in North Carolina, is the 974-bed flagship hospital for ECU Health and serves as the primary teaching hospital for The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health Medical Center has achieved Magnet® designation twice and provides acute and intermediate care, rehabilitation and outpatient health services to a 29-county region that is home to more than 1.4 million people.

Position Summary

Maintain medical records and ensure that physican's orders for therapy are received; assist with ensuring that prior approval is obtained for patients with Medicaid

Responsibilities

Manage physician orders and referrals for services;scan orders into EHR

Maintain patient charts; assemble prior to patient's first appointment;filing documents as needed and purging records monthly

Forward discharge charts to main HIMS;scan documents as needed

Contact legal to get clearance for therapists to document in closed records

Handle receiving information via fax and sending out information as well, ie POT's, etc ; maintain logs for faxed POT's as required by CMS

Monitor Prior Approval for patients seen with Medicaid

Process release of information requests for patients and send to main HIMS for record pick-up when ready

Follow-up with physician's offices to obtain signatures for documents as needed

Provide instruction/orientation to new staff regarding medical records

Assist in receptionist/check-in area as needed

Minimum Requirements

High School or equivalent is required- or higher.

1 year to 3 years experience in a hospital or medical office setting is required.

General Statement

It is the goal of ECU Health and its entities to employ the most qualified individual who best matches the requirements for the vacant position.

Offers of employment are subject to successful completion of all pre-employment screenings, which may include an occupational health screening, criminal record check, education, reference, and licensure verification.

We value diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Decisions of employment are made based on business needs, job requirements and applicant’s qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information and testing, family and medical leave, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other status protected by law. We prohibit retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint.