Supervises and coordinates the staff and daily operations of health information management within the department.

Responsibilities

Promotes Health Information Management department goals by selecting, motivating, and training capable team members.  Leads the activities of assigned Health Information Management team members by communicating and providing guidance toward achieving department objectives. Supervises, hires, trains, disciplines, and evaluates the performance of staff; ensures performance appraisals are completed in a timely manner.  Prioritizes, schedules, assigns, and monitors work to optimize operational service; analyzes, recommends, implements, and monitors approved work-flow changes. Maintains compliance with the policies and procedures of Medical Records; ensures patient medical records conform to State, Local, and Federal regulations.  Conducts past and current audits of patient records to ensure accurate record keeping; informs and educates staff of regulatory changes, as needed.  Participates in evaluating and implementing quality control/performance improvement related practices; implements systems and procedures that ensure timely placement of all documents into patient medical record.  Establishes mechanisms to measure adherence to system(s) developed, and to handle delays and system errors; evaluates systems and implements modifications to ensure adherence to high quality Medical Records standards.  Compiles data into reports, noting trends, and patterns in procedures.  Participates in developing and delivering training related to operations Assists nursing and billing staff to access and retrieve medical record information.  Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Qualifications

Associate's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.  4-6 years of relevant experience and 0-2 years of leadership / management experience, required.