Director of Health Information Management

Acadia Healthcare•Knoxville, TN

30d

About The Position

East Tennessee is looking for a Director of Health Information Management! East Tennessee Behavioral Health is a 90-bed inpatient treatment center serving Knoxville, Tennessee, and the surrounding communities. We provide the highest-quality care for people who have mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety disorders, and bipolar disorder and those who have co-occurring addictions. The acute inpatient treatment we offer supports adolescents, adults, and senior adults, while our outpatient programming serves adults age 18 and older. PURPOSE STATEMENT: Responsible for the overall leadership and management of the Health Information Management Department (HIM) in the capacity of planning, organizing and managing electronic and paper clinical content, electronic data integrity, accessibility, use, and protection of health information.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required .
Bachelor ’s degree with specialization in health information administration preferred .
Four or more year s' experience managing/supervisin g a medical record department required .
Two or more years’ o f behavioral health experience preferred .
W orking knowledg e in ICD- 10-PCS and DSM IV coding systems .
Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) required or ability to obtain within six months of hire date.
Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) preferred.

Responsibilities

Maintain department productivity, quality and efficiency for all processes within the department.
Responsible for information governance to ensure facility-wide health data integrity, privacy, and security.
Implement processes and systems to support accurate and complete medical record documentation.
Oversee and assist with data collection, storage, retrieval, assembly, analysis, filing and retention of medical records/data.
P repare and analyze clinical data for research purposes, process improvement, utilization management, mandatory reporting, and more.
Provide staff management to including hiring, development, training, performance management and communication to ensure effective and efficient department operation.
Work with physicians to improve the quality of documentation.
Work with coding staff to ensure accurate coding for reimbursement and clinical care.
Oversee data collection, storage, retrieval, filing and retention of medical records/data.
Audit records and data for accuracy, compliance and timeliness . Review results with administration, medical, nursing and clinical staff.
Ensure documentation is filed in the medical records in an accurate and timely manner and ensure that the medical record is complete (including signatures) and closed within facility guidelines.
Interface with inside/outside legal counsel regarding content of medical records.
Work as liaison between facility and transcription vendor to ensure high quality, accurate , complete and timeliness of transcribed documents.
Ensure HIM Key Indicators are tracked and reported monthly to the Performance Improvement Committee.
Ensure State Reporting is accurate , complete and reported timely .
May oversee and/or complete coding according to current ICD and /or CPT coding classifications.
May serve as the facility Privacy Officer.
Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.