Health Information Management Director

Description:
Henderson Health Care Services is a full-service hospital, long term care and two medical clinics in Henderson & Sutton, NE. We are professional, fast-paced, collaborative and our goal is to provide the greatest healthcare option to Henderson, Sutton and surrounding area patients while maintaining a family-based culture.

Our work environment includes:

1. Modern office setting (currently under construction with major growth happening)
2. Growth opportunities within HHCS
3. Long term employees

Position:
Henderson Health Care Services, Inc. is seeking a full-time Health Information Management Director to join our team and to oversee the daily operations of the Health Information Management (HIM) Department. Hours are full-time Monday – Friday, 40 hours a week.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Provides oversight, guidance and work flow for all HIM staff.
2. Identifies and implements changes regarding policy, productivity and quality measures, and assures staff performance improvements related to work-flow efficiencies and operations.
3. In coordination with CFO, recruits, interviews and makes recommendations to fill personnel vacancies. Train and orientate new staff within HIM Department.
4. Addresses personnel issues and procedural issues within the HIM Department.
5. Evaluates staff performance on an annual basis. Accurately measures and evaluates staff performance, behavior, productivity, and quality measures, and assures that staff is following and meeting departmental standards.
6. Responds to inquiries of staff, vendors and the public for the purpose of providing information and/or direction, discussing and resolving issues and/or problems.
7. Serves as provider liaison to resolve any HIM related issues.
8. Monitors, assists and follows up with providers and other clinical staff in completion of deficiencies in the medical record.
9. In house expert on clearinghouse software, assisting staff on navigating and utilizing the system proficiently and to its fullest extent.
10. Develops new and maintains forms for Health Information Management Department.
11. Ensures the security and confidentiality of medical record chart. Promoting patient privacy among all staff.
12. Work with staff involved in the revenue cycle to ensure aged accounts are addressed and payment is obtained in a timely fashion, work with staff to research and respond to return to provider remittances as assigned and resubmit to insurance as needed.
13. Develop skill and expertise in working with the charge sheets and the chargemaster.
14. Works with staff to ensure pre-authorizations are obtained for required procedures, inpatient stays, observation stays, and obstetric deliveries. Works with HIM and clinical staff to obtain necessary information for preauthorization.
15. Oversee staff responsible for handling all medical record copy requests from outside sources to ensure request is completed within the required timeframe, including documentation of completed requests in the facility HIM system.
16. Addresses overflow volume of billing and coding in any area of the campus.
17. Comply with and keep informed of federal and state regulations in regards to billing, specifically Medicare regulations.

Requirements:
QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor’s degree in Health Information Management, Healthcare Administration or related field. At least five years of experience in healthcare facility with experience directly related to Health Information Management. Previous management or supervisor experience preferred.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATION:
Certification accreditation as a medical record professional, Registered Health Information Technologist (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), as determined by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).#J-18808-Ljbffr