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Medical Records Administrator Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 53 days ago
On-site Montgomery, AL $41K – $97K Apply by Aug 3, 2026 Medical Records Administration ENTJESFJESTJISTJ Operations
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This position is located in the Health Information Management (HIM) Section of Health Administration Service at the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS). Medical Records Administration Specialist (MRAS) in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) performs work concerned with the management of a health record program or the provision of services related to medical record administration/health information services.
What You'll Do
- →Provides advice and guidance on the HIM program in relation to issues such as, but not limited, to documentation requirements for coding, liability issues, advance directives, informed consent, scanning processes, speech recognition, release of information, and record control processes.
- →Produces management reports from studies and develops an action plan.
- →Assists in writing health information policies and procedures to incorporate new or revised approaches to the management of health information while ensuring that regulatory requirements are maintained when revising policies and procedures.
- →Participates in facility committees and subcommittees related to health information and provides technical advice when necessary.
- →Serves as technical specialist in health information related matters, provides advice and guidance on the HIM program in relation to issues such as, but not limited to, documentation requirements for coding, liability issues, advance directives, informed consent, scanning processes, speech recognition, release of information, state reporting, etc.
- →Reviews the health record and discusses any documentation or incomplete items with the clinical staff to ensure a complete record for a variety of needs such as patient care, data collection and research, and to submit information to requesting insurance companies in an expeditious manner.
- →Performs quantitative and qualitative reviews of health record documentation to ensure all patient care data entered in the electronic health record (EHR) is accurate, timely, and completed.
- →Serves as an EHR liaison in the implementation of automated clinical applications pertaining to the electronic health record.
- →Applications supported concentrate on those involving automation of the clinical record and functions supporting clinicians and other health care providers in multiple using services.
- →Performs work related to all areas of HIM as well as collaborates with other departments within the medical center and VISN to improve performance and patient care.
- →Compiles, reviews, abstracts, analyzes, and interprets medical/legal data incidental to a variety of patient care and treatment activities.
- →Troubleshoots daily operating problems with relevant software modules.
- →Assures the accuracy and timeliness of the capturing of patient services charges (workload) in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.
- →Adheres to established documentation requirements as outlined by TJC regulations, VHA guidelines, as well as medico-legal requirements.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security 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 identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
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