Health Information Manager
Methodist Family Health
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Jonesboro, Arkansas
Contract type: Full time
Job Details
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 in-services 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 job-related duties as assigned by the Director of Health Information Management and Chief Information Officer.
Qualifications
At least twenty-one (21) years of age.
Bachelor's 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 twenty-five (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.
COVID-19 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 all-inclusive 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 straight-time hourly rates are established, the employee will be paid during overtime hours at a rate not less than one and one-half 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 employee's 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)
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 in-services 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 job-related duties as assigned by the Director of Health Information Management and Chief Information Officer.
Qualifications
At least twenty-one (21) years of age.
Bachelor's 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 twenty-five (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.
COVID-19 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 all-inclusive 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 straight-time hourly rates are established, the employee will be paid during overtime hours at a rate not less than one and one-half 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 employee's 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)
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