Medical Records Specialist Home Health

**JOB SUMMARY:**

Tracks, manages, and maintains physician orders and related medical documentation to ensure timely completion, compliance with regulatory and payer requirements, and uninterrupted billing and reimbursement for the Agency's home health patients.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:**

• Tracks all physician orders including new, revised, and verbal orders from initiation through signed return.

• Maintains an accurate and up to date orders tracking log to monitor outstanding, pending, and completed orders.

• Follows up with physician offices to obtain timely signatures in accordance with regulatory, accreditation, and payer requirements.

• Reviews orders for completeness, accuracy, and proper authentication prior to indexing in the electronic medical record.

• Ensures orders are appropriately signed, dated, and filed to support billing, audits, and reimbursement.

• Accurately indexes and routes finalized orders wi...