Clinic Documentation Specialist - Remote - Req# 2185056079

About Astria

The Astria Health system, headquartered in the heart of the state of Washington’s wine country in the beautiful Yakima Valley, is the largest non-profit healthcare system based in Eastern Washington. Astria Health is the parent non-profit organization of Astria Sunnyside Hospital and Astria Toppenish Hospital and delivers care throughout the Valley through its Astria Health Hospitals and its Astria Ambulatory Care model focused on delivering the highest level of ambulatory and outpatient care in convenient locations in both the Lower and Upper Yakima Valley. Astria Ambulatory Care is designed to meet the changing lifestyles and diverse needs of those living and working throughout the region.

Across our healthcare network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers and opportunities for growth and safe workplaces. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, marketing, or our clinical services in any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for providing exceptional healthcare to our communities motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion, we want to hear from you.

Our operating principles define how we come together as a team to do our work. They reflect Astria Health’s unique view on what’s important and right - being a leader in providing innovative, exceptional rural healthcare solutions with kindness and dignity. Documenting this core aspect of our culture helps employees make good decisions independently, cultivate trust through accountability, and go beyond the expected. We believe in continuously escalating the bar for talent and performance because we are obsessed with a commitment to excellence and patient care. It also helps candidates consider career opportunities and evaluate whether they will thrive at Astria Health.

Astria Health is seeking a Clinic Documentation Specialist to join our team! This is a remote position.

What you get to do every day!

As the Clinic Documentation Specialist, you will be responsible tfor processing incoming requests and documentation in a timely manner. The Specialist works to fully protect the privacy and security of all patient’s medical records regardless of format, to ensure that confidentiality is maintained in accordance to Washington State and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) Act. You will:

• Manage a high volume of incoming electronic fax (HylaFAX) documents, ensuring timely review, processing, and routing to the appropriate patient record, provider, clinic, or work queue.
  
• Accurately import, index, and attach documentation to the appropriate patient medical record while maintaining established quality and timeliness standards.
  
• Review incoming documentation for duplicate, redundant, incomplete, misdirected, or unnecessary information and takes appropriate action to maintain an accurate and organized patient record.
  
• Apply established workflows to identify and prioritize time-sensitive or actionable documentation requiring provider or care team review while minimizing unnecessary or duplicative provider notifications.
  
• Maintain the confidentiality, security, accuracy, and integrity of patient health information in accordance with HIPAA, organizational policies, and applicable regulatory requirements.
  
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
• Collaborate effectively across organizational boundaries.
  
• Adhere to the core values and standards of the organization.
  

• High School Graduation or GED.
• Oral and written fluency in the English language.

Preferred Qualifications and Education.

• 1 year experience in Medical Office setting

This position is identified as a safety-sensitive position for which impairment while on the job would present a substantial risk of death. As a condition of employment, you will need to authorize and complete a background check. Information received from the background check is reviewed case-by-case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration.