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# Area Health Information Specialist I at Datavant

- **Company:** Datavant
- **Location:** Tulsa, OK
- **Posted:** 2026-09-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://www.datavant.com/about/careers/open-roles/job?gh_jid=5392076008

## Job description

Datavant is the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare. Guided by our mission to make the world’s health data secure, accessible and actionable, we provide critical data solutions for organizations across the healthcare ecosystem - including providers, health plans, researchers, and life sciences companies. From fulfilling a single patient’s request for their medical records to powering the AI revolution in healthcare, Datavanters are building the future of how data is connected and used to improve health.

By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a driven and highly collaborative team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare.

This position is responsible for processing all release of information (ROI) specifically medical record requests, in a timely and efficient manner ensuring accuracy and providing customers with the highest quality product and customer service. Associate must at all times safeguard and protect the patient’s right to privacy by ensuring that only authorized individuals have access to the patient’s medical information and that all releases of information are in compliance with the request, authorization, company policy and HIPAA regulations. This position travels 75% or more of their time. This is an intermediate level position with at least 1 year related HIM experience.

Position Highlights

- Onsite Tulsa, OK- Traveling to Muskogee for coverage as needed
- Full-time, Mo-Fri 8:00-5:00pm
- Front desk processing medical records requests - customer service
- Full benefits: PTO, Health, Vision, Dental, 401k savings plan, and tuition assistance
- Tremendous growth opportunities both locally and nationwide

## What We’re Looking For

- Strong customer service and clerical skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel
- Comfortable working in a high-volume production environment
- Medical office experience required
- Willingness to learn and grow within Datavant

You will:

- Receive and process requests for patient health information in accordance with Company and Facility policies and procedures.
- Maintain confidentiality and security with all privileged information.
- Maintain working knowledge of Company and facility software.
- Adhere to the Company's and Customer facilities Code of Conduct and policies.
- Inform manager of work, site difficulties, and/or fluctuating volumes.
- Assist with additional work duties or responsibilities as evident or required.
- Consistent application of medical privacy regulations to guard against unauthorized disclosure.
- Responsible for managing patient health records.
- Responsible for safeguarding patient records and ensuring compliance with HIPAA standards.
- Prepares new patient charts, gathering documents and information from paper sources and/or electronic health record.
- Ensures medical records are assembled in standard order and are accurate and complete.
- Creates digital images of paperwork to be stored in the electronic medical record.
- Responds to requests for patient records, both within the facility and by external sources, retrieving them and transmitting them appropriately.
- Answering of inbound/outbound calls.
- May assist with patient walk-ins.
- May assist with administrative duties such as handling faxes, opening mail, and data entry.
- May schedules pick-ups.
- Assist with training associates in the HIS I position.
- Generates reports for manager or facility as directed.
- Must exceed level 1 productivity expectations as outlined at specific site.
- Participates in project teams and committees to advance operational strategies and initiatives as needed.
- Acts in a lead role with staff regarding general questions and assists with new hire training and developmental training.
- Other duties as assigned.

What you will bring to the table:

- High School Diploma or GED.
- Must be 18 years of age or older.
- Able to travel local/regionally 75% or more of the time.
- Ability to commute between locations as needed.
- Able to work overtime during peak seasons when required.
- 1-year Health Information related experience
- Meets and/or exceeds Company's Productivity Standards
- Basic computer proficiency.
- Comfortable utilizing phones, fax machine, printers, and other general office equipment on a regular basis.
- Professional verbal and written communication skills in the English language.
- Detail and quality oriented as it relates to accurate and compliant information for medical records.
- Strong data entry skills.
- Must be able to work with minimum supervision responding to changing priorities and role needs.
- Ability to organize and manage multiple tasks.
- Able to respond to requests in a fast-paced environment.

Bonus points if:

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- Previous production/metric-based work experience.
- In-person customer service experience.
- Ability to build relationships with on-site clients and customers.
- Comfortable bringing new ideas, process improvement suggestions, and feedback to internal stakeholders.

To ensure the safety of patients and staff, many of our clients require post-offer health screenings and proof and/or completion of various vaccinations such as the flu shot, Tdap, COVID-19, etc. Any requests to be exempted from these requirements will be reviewed by Datavant Human Resources and determined on a case-by-case basis. Depending on the state in which you will be working, exemptions may be available on the basis of disability, medical contraindications to the vaccine or any of its components, pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions, and/or religion.

This job is not eligible for employment sponsorship.

Datavant is committed to a work environment free from job discrimination. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status. To learn more about our commitment, please review our EEO Commitment Statement [here](https://www.datavant.com/eeo-commitment-statement). [Know Your Rights](https://www.eeoc.gov/know-your-rights-workplace-discrimination-illegal), explore the resources available through the EEOC for more information regarding your legal rights and protections. In addition, Datavant does not and will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay.

At the end of this application, you will find a set of voluntary demographic questions. If you choose to respond, your answers will be anonymous and will help us identify areas for improvement in our recruitment process. (We can only see aggregate responses, not individual ones. In fact, we aren’t even able to see whether you’ve responded.) Responding is entirely optional and will not affect your application or hiring process in any way.

Datavant is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need an accommodation while seeking employment, please request it [here,](https://peopleteam.datavant.com/portal/en/newticket?departmentId=248697000248790029&layoutId=248697000248795462) by selecting the ‘Interview Accommodation Request’ category. You will need your requisition ID when submitting your request, you can find instructions for locating it [here](https://app.tango.us/app/workflow/Greenhouse--Locating-Requisition-ID-2c7d618c8a8a423da4330ff12330695e). Requests for reasonable accommodations will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

For more information about how we collect and use your data, please review our [Privacy Policy](https://www.datavant.com/privacy-policy).

## About Datavant

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Datavant operates the largest health data collaboration platform, connecting fragmented healthcare data to enable secure, actionable intelligence for payers, providers, life sciences, and government.
- **Entity Type**: Private (venture-backed)
- **Headquarters**: Not publicly available
- **Founded**: Not publicly available
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Healthcare data infrastructure and analytics
- Target customers: B2B – health plans (payers), health systems (providers), life sciences companies, legal and insurance firms, government agencies, and real-world data partners
- Mission: “Make the world’s health data secure, accessible, and actionable.”

## Products & Services
- **Datavant Platform (Data Network)**: The largest authorization- and consent-driven health data exchange in the U.S., connecting 80,000+ hospitals/clinics, 75% of the top 100 health systems, 100% of U.S. payers, and 350+ real-world data partners. Exchanges 1,500 TB of data and tokenizes 1 trillion records annually.
- **Secure AI Activation**: Privacy, consent, and de-identification controls built into workflows, with expert-governed deployment and context-aware AI workflows grounded in proprietary clinical data and domain expertise.
- **Segment-Specific Solutions**:
  - **Health Plans**: Bi-directional connectivity and clinical data to optimize member insights and care offerings.
  - **Life Sciences**: Privacy-first, diverse real-world data for drug discovery and patient outcomes.
  - **Providers**: Secure, compliant data exchange for health systems.
  - **Legal & Insurance**: Data access for claims, litigation, and risk management.
  - **Public Sector**: Data-driven advocacy, research, and health equity initiatives.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding not listed in public sources; network scale metrics include 1 trillion records tokenized annually and 80,000+ connected provider sites.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Top pharma companies partner with Datavant; 100% of U.S. payers access clinical data through the platform; network includes 350+ real-world data partners. (Specific investor names not provided in search results.)
- **Growth Signals**: Largest health data network in the U.S., expanding AI agentic workflow capabilities, and serving all major healthcare segments.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Scale**: Unmatched breadth of connectivity – the largest authorization-driven health data network.
- **Trust Infrastructure**: Regulatory-grade privacy and de-identification built into every layer, enabling secure data movement without compromising compliance.
- **Proprietary Clinical Data & Domain Expertise**: Grounds frontier LLMs with healthcare-specific context, ensuring accurate and safe AI deployments.
- **Network Effects**: Bi-directional connectivity and a vast partner ecosystem create strong switching costs.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-Driven Intelligence**: Accelerating “context-aware AI workflows” and agentic automation across the healthcare ecosystem.
- **Network Expansion**: Deepening connections across payers, providers, life sciences, and new verticals (legal, insurance, government).
- **Data Readiness**: Digitizing and cleaning data end-to-end to deliver faster insights and support next-generation analytics.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: High-performing, fast-paced environment with a focus on “earn trust,” “win as a team,” “obsess over customers,” “prioritize growth over comfort,” and “rise to the challenge.”
- **Remote-Friendly**: A distributed, remote-friendly team with occasional in-person collaboration opportunities.
- **Benefits**: Competitive health plans, generous parental and family leave, and a strong emphasis on work-life balance.
- **Professional Development**: Award-winning learning and development programs (recognized by Brandon Hall Group), continuous learning opportunities, and career growth across all levels.
- **Mission-Driven**: Opportunity to work on transformative healthcare data challenges that directly impact patient outcomes and system efficiency.

## Sources
1. [datavant.com](https://www.datavant.com/about) – Company overview, leadership, and mission
2. [datavant.com](https://www.datavant.com/) – Platform description, network scale, and segment solutions
3. [datavant.com](https://www.datavant.com/about/careers) – Careers page: values, benefits, remote policy, and learning programs
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/datavant) – Venture-backed status
5. [datavant.com](https://www.datavant.com/about/careers/open-roles) – Open roles portal

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