EMR Coordinator

Position: Electronic Medical Records Coordinator

Reports To: Information Technology Manager

Schedule: Full Time

Position Location/Department: Information Technology

Job Summary: Liaison with physicians, nursing, hospital management and primary care management, and specify clinic staff to champion efficient and effective use of information technology for MIPS/Meaningful Use in our Electronic Medical Record software.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Project development and implementation to guide the installation and maintenance of electronic medical records software.
• Implement information systems and associated data collection methods (e.g. formatting forms) for MIPS/Meaningful Use.
• Coordinate with the ITS department for interfaces required for MIPS/Meaningful Use.
• Being able to work with clinic managers on a daily basis to review MIPS/Meaningful Use requirements, EMR practices, etc.
• Integrate clinic data with other providers using certified electronic exchange technology.
• Integrate business office and clinical department electronic information management systems to capture coding data for billing and healthcare information management.
• Work with EMR vendor to implement utilization review initiatives and quality assurance programs.
• Work with contractors and vendors to install EMR software updates and add-ons and oversee the implementation of project development schedules.
• Work with physicians and clinical staff to train, solve problems and implement new initiatives to improve workflow of patient care records and billing.
• Create new and edit existing forms in conjuncture with all clinical areas.
• Able to work in a fast-passed environment and willing to learn new skills required to get tasks accomplished.
• Working with the hospital clinical specialist to help coordinate policies and best practices.
• Compile all required documentation in order to attest for MIPS/Meaningful Use on each of the Core Objectives annually.
• Supporting documentation should meet all CMS standards and be accessible in both an electronic and paper format.
• Educate staff and physicians on necessary utilization of the EMR in order to meet CMS MIPS/Meaningful Use compliance.
• Stay current on Center for Medicare and Medicaid services rules and regulations to meet eligibility and MIPS/Meaningful Use.
• Create and monitor security settings within the Electronic Health System.
• Provide Patient Portal support for patients.
• Other duties as assigned by the IT Manager.

Education, Experience and Other Requirements:

• Associate degree (preferred)
• 2+ years of experience in a clinical informatics position or similar role (preferred)
• 2+ years of clinical background such as C.N.A. or MA (preferred)
• Proficient in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Ability to learn multiple EMR Systems