Edith Barnes
Amory
Summary
Medical records professional prepared to excel in management role. Leveraging comprehensive background in medical records systems and compliance, consistently improving workflow efficiency and data integrity. Known for fostering collaborative team environments and delivering reliable results, adaptable to changing needs and priorities.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Medical Records Manager
Monroe Regional Hospital-Aberdeen, MS
Aberdeen, MS
05.2022 - Current
- Manage and maintain electronic medical records system, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, and compliance with HIPAA regulations
- Develop and implement efficient processes for the organization, storage, retrieval, and archiving of medical records
- Led a team of 2 medical records clerks in daily operations to ensure timely processing and accurate documentation
- Collaborate with healthcare providers to ensure proper documentation practices and resolve any discrepancies or issues
- Perform regular audits of medical records to identify areas for improvement in data integrity and record management processes
- Ensure the privacy and security of sensitive patient information by implementing strict access controls and encryption protocols
- Coordinate with billing department to ensure accurate coding of diagnoses/procedures for insurance claims purposes
- Oversee the destruction of outdated or expired medical records in accordance with retention policies and regulations
Patient Care Technician/Health Unit Coordinator
NORTH MISSISSIPPI HEALTH SERVICES GILMORE-Amory, MS
Amory, MS
10.2015 - Current
- Ward clerk for acute care unit
- Admit, discharge patients to unit
- Answer phone calls to unit
- Make follow-up appointments for discharged patients
- Answer patient call lights
- Monitor patients on cardiac monitors
- Provide direct patient care
Education
Associate's degree - Health Information Technology, Health Information Management
Itawamba Community College
Tupelo, MS05.2019
Skills
- Organizational skills
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) billing regulations
- Health information management
- ICD-10-CM
- Medical records specialist experience
- Health record chart audits
- Verifying release of information authorizations
- Office management
- Quality improvement analytics in health information management
- EMR Systems
- Health information data integrity
- Health information regulatory compliance
- Microsoft office applications
- Release of information log maintenance
- Medical Coding
- Data collection
- Information management
- Medicare coding guidelines
- Communication skills
- Electronic health records (EHR) management
- Medical terminology
- Hospital Experience
- Records management
- Health information compliance monitoring
- SNOMED CT
- Health Information technician experience
- Records maintenance
- ICD-10-PCS
- HCPCS
- Epic
- Medical record abstraction
- HIPAA
- ICD-10
- Secure transmission of records
- Health information manager experience
- CPT Coding
- HIPAA compliance
- Release of information request management
- Data governance
- National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) guidelines
Certification
Certified Coding Specialist- September 2024- present
CPR Certification Specialist- October 2015- present
RHIT- May 2019- present
Timeline
Medical Records Manager
Monroe Regional Hospital-Aberdeen, MS
05.2022 - Current
Patient Care Technician/Health Unit Coordinator
NORTH MISSISSIPPI HEALTH SERVICES GILMORE-Amory, MS
10.2015 - Current
Associate's degree - Health Information Technology, Health Information Management
Itawamba Community College