At Central Maine Healthcare our team members are committed to providing exceptional care and experiences for our community and for each other every day.Position Summary:Reporting directly to the Patient Access Manager, the Patient Access Specialist performs patient admitting and registration activities in accordance with established hospital and departmental regulations, policies and procedures. This position is responsible for monitoring and managing the EMPI (Enterprise Master Patient Index) during periods of system downtime and/or hours of non-coverage in the HIM department to include: communications with all areas of the healthcare system affected by duplicate medical record numbers, merging of the duplicate medical records and unmerging as necessary. 

Performs transfers of patient account information and is able to follow procedure in terms of understanding which type of transaction should be performed depending upon the circumstances of an inaccurate medical record number assignment.

Maintains communication systems for notifying other departments in the event of duplicate medical record number assignment occurring in a real time environment.Accurately distinguishes between surviving and retiring patient medical record numbers to assure synchronization