Data Integrity Specialist – HIM
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Remote HIM Data Integrity Specialist safeguarding patient identity across OU Health’s Epic system. Resolving MPI discrepancies, chart corrections, and high-risk patient record issues.
Responsibilities:
- Research, validate, and resolve patient identity discrepancies in the Master Patient Index, including duplicates, overlays, merges, and unmerges
- Execute merge and non-merge decisions according to documented logic and source-system requirements
- Perform chart correction activities in Epic according to the Chart Correction Guide and governance processes
- Investigate and resolve non-emergent electronic medical record discrepancies through work queues, reports, and remediation workflows
- Identify and escalate highly complex or high-risk identity issues for interdisciplinary review or leadership guidance
- Coordinate with clinical, registration, billing, IT, and ancillary departments to resolve data integrity issues
- Provide remediation workflow coverage, on-call rotations, and team support, including response to Data Integrity Hotline inquiries and escalations 24/7
- Independently assess, prioritize, and resolve high-risk issues during on-call coverage
- Educate frontline users on MPI best practices and chart correction processes
- Participate in interdisciplinary chart correction and data integrity workgroups
- Identify trends, recurring issues, and improvement opportunities and communicate findings to leadership or the EMPI Manager
- Support departmental projects, process improvements, and daily operations
- Maintain documentation, productivity logs, and quality records
- Receive, triage, and respond to Data Integrity Hotline inquiries
- Serve as a subject matter expert in patient identity integrity
- Make high-risk data integrity decisions considering clinical, financial, legal, and accreditation implications
- Maintain confidentiality of sensitive patient information
Requirements:
- Candidates must reside and work full-time in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, or Texas before their first day of employment
- Level 1: High School Diploma or GED required
- Level 1: RHIA required to be obtained within 9 months from start date
- Level 2: Associate's Degree in Health Information required
- Level 2: At least 3 years of experience in a related job required
- Level 2: RHIA required
- Requires discretion, ethical judgment, and adherence to standardized decision-making frameworks
- Knowledge of Joint Commission, CMS, and HIPAA regulatory guidelines
- Knowledge of the facility's clinical/operational processes and Epic environment
- Knowledge of current healthcare application information technologies and trends
- Ability to independently make accurate decisions regarding patient record corrections, overlays, merges, and unmerges
- Ability to identify workflow improvement opportunities
- Ability to understand the patient safety relationship between the patient's Medical Record Number and clinical information access
- Ability to understand and apply confidentiality rules
- Attention to detail
- Experience with MPI strongly preferred
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office tools
Benefits:
- Competitive wages and total rewards package
- Paid time off (PTO)
- 401(k)
- Medical plans
- Dental plans
- Comprehensive benefits package
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