HIM Manager
HIM Manager
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Job Description
The Health Information Manager will be under the direction and supervision of the Director of Health Information Management; will be responsible for the daily operations within the department. Health Information Manager is responsible for organizing and managing all health information data within the continuum by ensuring its quality accuracy accessibility and security in both paper and electronic systems. **MUST HAVE RHIA OR RHIT LICENSE**
Responsibilities:
Manage daily workflow of the Health Information Management (HIM) department.
Assist with creating and deploying departmental policies and procedures.
Participate in management meetings and/or committees per the Director of Health Information Management.
Consult with the Director of Health Information Management on projects pertaining to electronic health record Care Logic and/or other assigned projects.
Assist in providing information for multipurpose uses such as quality assurance statistical reporting mandated reporting Peer Reviews LIP Reviews and trends.
Assists with gathering and maintaining data for QAPI special audits requested by Administration and/or Medical Staff.
Assist with providing direction to HIPAA requirements and issues.
Assist in training new employees and current employees.
Work collaboratively with the Director of Health Information Management in creating inservices for the Health Information department and for the continuum.
Ability to perform all functions within the Health Information Management department.
Work collaboratively with the Director of Health Information Management on the policies and procedures for document development retention and disposition.
Work closely with the Director of Health Information Management to plan develop and administers health information system for healthcare facility consistent with standards of accrediting and regulatory agencies and requirements of the healthcare system.
Performs miscellaneous jobrelated duties as assigned by the Director of Health Information Management and Chief Information Officer.
Qualifications:
At least twentyone 21 years of age.
Bachelors degree or higher along with either a RHIA or RHIT license. If the license is not already acquired candidates should be eligible to sit for the examination.
Minimum two years experience in the Health Information Management Department of a hospital performing duties of Medical Record Clerk or Medical Records Manager.
Duties include lifting and carrying stacks of medical records that may weigh twentyfive 25 pounds.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills demonstrated skills in computer operations excellent organizational skills analytical abilities reasoning skills to effectively solve complex problems and excellent human relation skills.
Must be physically capable to receive verbal and written directions. Must be physically capable of sitting and standing for several hours.
Must have good auditory visual and olfactory abilities. Ability to use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects tools or controls.
Must be able to maintain effective audio visual discrimination and perception needed for making observations communicating with others reading and writing and operating office equipment and other treatment equipment.
Must be able to use a telephone to communicate verbally and a computer to communicate through written means to review information and enter/retrieve data to see and read characters on a computer screen chart or other treatment items.
Must be willing and able to work with all patients of Methodist Family Health.
COVID19 vaccination and Flu vaccination are mandatory and required for all positions (subject only to qualified exemptions).
Job descriptions are not intended nor should be construed to be allinclusive lists of all responsibilities skills efforts or working conditions associated with a job. While this job description is intended to accurately reflect the job requirements management reserves the right to modify add or remove duties from particular jobs and assign other duties as necessary.
When an employee performs two or more different jobs for which different straighttime hourly rates are established the employee will be paid during overtime hours at a rate not less than one and onehalf time the hourly rate established for the type of work he or she is performing during the overtime hours.
Level One Full Access: Ongoing regular access to PHI of all forms while the employee is on duty and performing within the scope of his or her job as defined by the employees job description and Policy and Procedure. Such access must be for cause consistent with job responsibilities and related to patients claims audits reviews and other legitimate business purposes. (e.g. Physicians nurses and other clinicians)
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
