AVP, HIM & Patient Identity

Main Line Health • Newtown Township, PA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Could you be our next AVP, HIM & Patient Identity?
Potential to work Hybrid/Remote

Why work as an AVP HIM & Patient Safety Identity with Main Line Health?
Make an Impact! Under the direction of the VP for Revenue Cycle, the Associate Vice President (AVP) for Health Information and Patient Identity has overall operational responsibility for ensuring that patients entering the Health System have a superior experience by accurate patient identification and medical record content. Builds a transformational organizational culture through the execution of, support around, and communication of identified HIM goals and objectives. This responsibility is Health System wide to include dotted line oversight of patient identity management, medical record integrity and release of information functions within the practices of Main Line Health Care. The AVP will implement Information Technology (Epic and adjunct solutions) processes designed to provide patients with choice and flexibility (MyChart) of access to their medical records while adhering to Main Line Health Privacy and Security policies and regulatory requirements.
The AVP for System HIM will serve as a subject matter expert for patient identity and patient medical record and coding issues. They will partner with Hospital and Physician Practice Management to facilitate Health Information and Patient Identity projects across Main Line Health. The AVP will work to drive consistency across the enterprise, creating rapid and sustained improvement to include timely and accurate patient identity, medical record completion, clinical documentation integrity, medical code assignment to drive timely billing, Release of Information, as well as preservation and destruction of patient medical records in any media.
Develop and Grow your Career! Invest in furthering your education through seeking certifications or advanced degrees by taking advantage of our Tuition Reimbursement! This position is eligible for up to $6,000 per year based upon your Full or Part Time status.
Join the Team! Like our patients, the Main Line Health Family encompasses a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. Just as each of our patients requires a personalized care plan, each of our employees, physicians, and volunteers, bring distinctive talents to Main Line Health. Regardless of our unique design, we all share a purpose: providing superior service and care.

Position-Specific Benefits Include: This position is eligible for Main Line Health’s Flexible PTO program. With this, you have the freedom and flexibility to take paid time off as needed: no set number of days per year allotted to your position, and no wait period to begin using your Flexible PTO.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of HIM Operations and HIM Revenue Cycle program/department management experience in a multi-entity healthcare system.
• Bachelor's degree in business or health administration field required
• Registered Health Information Technologist (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) from AHIMA required.
• Must maintain credentials through completion of required CE credits every 2 year cycle.

Nice To Haves

• Masters degree preferred.
• Six Sigma or equivalent desired.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that patients entering the Health System have a superior experience by accurate patient identification and medical record content.
• Builds a transformational organizational culture through the execution of, support around, and communication of identified HIM goals and objectives.
• Dotted line oversight of patient identity management, medical record integrity and release of information functions within the practices of Main Line Health Care.
• Implement Information Technology (Epic and adjunct solutions) processes designed to provide patients with choice and flexibility (MyChart) of access to their medical records while adhering to Main Line Health Privacy and Security policies and regulatory requirements.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for patient identity and patient medical record and coding issues.
• Partner with Hospital and Physician Practice Management to facilitate Health Information and Patient Identity projects across Main Line Health.
• Drive consistency across the enterprise, creating rapid and sustained improvement to include timely and accurate patient identity, medical record completion, clinical documentation integrity, medical code assignment to drive timely billing, Release of Information, as well as preservation and destruction of patient medical records in any media.

Benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement! This position is eligible for up to $6,000 per year based upon your Full or Part Time status.
• Flexible PTO program. With this, you have the freedom and flexibility to take paid time off as needed: no set number of days per year allotted to your position, and no wait period to begin using your Flexible PTO.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees