Job Description

MANAGER OF HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (HIM)

The Manager of Health Information is responsible for ensuring optimal compliance with patient/clinical documentation that comprises the medical record, including indexing of documentation, record analysis, deficiency assignment, and management, timely/compliant chart completion workflow, ensuring records are maintained in accordance with state and federal retention guidelines, responsible for overseeing the release of health information in a timely manner compliant with regulatory requirements, forms/template management, processing of birth and death certificates and coordination of data governance efforts.

The Manager of Health Information ensures compliance with audits and established regulatory and accreditation requirements. promotes a positive, team-work environment performing best practice employee/customer satisfaction. Responsible for the development of goals, objectives, budgets, and performance standards relative to HIM operations.

Requirements

•  Bachelor’s degree required

• Must be able to collaborate and communicate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, lead change and projects in the organization, demonstrate strong personal integrity, work independently, and have flexibility.
• Must have solid organizational, planning, and budgetary skills.
• Must work with and respect highly confidential information and have a broad knowledge of MS Office and electronic health information systems.

Qualifications:

• A registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) or Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) credential is required.
• Three (3) years experience working in an HIM environment.
• Two (2) years of experience with Electronic Medical Record systems.
• Two (2) years experience in overseeing the Release of Information processes.
• One (1) year of experience overseeing document imaging processes is preferred.
• Must have strong overall knowledge of HIM operational functions.
• Strong organizational skills, motivated, self-directed, work independently, prioritize, juggle multiple projects, meet deadlines, and achieve results.
• Transparent and collaborative leader comfortable spearheading and supporting change.