Director of Health Information Management (RHIA)

Aurora San Diego•San Diego, CA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Health Information Management at Aurora San Diego supervises and coordinates activities related to analyzing, compiling, abstracting, transcribing, coding, indexing, and filing patient records. The role is fully onsite at 11878 Avenue of Industry, San Diego, CA 92128, with an annual pay range of $75,000 to $85,000.

Requirements

High school diploma or General Education Equivalent required; college degree preferred.
RHIA or RHIT certification required.
Familiarity with psychiatric terminology and treatment modalities.
College-level reading, writing, and math skills.
Time-management and organizational skills.
Analytical, evaluative, interpretive, and problem-solving skills.
Basic supervisory skills and fiscal-management skills.
Ability to maintain highly confidential information.
Knowledge of and skill in interpreting and applying laws, standards, and regulations affecting health information systems, specifically in mental health service areas.

Nice To Haves

College degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Process physician requests for medical records for billing.
Review legal requests, including subpoenas and court orders, and copy records.
Review releases for validity and return invalid releases.
Process the weekly delinquent count and send lists to each physician.
Audit charts for history and physical (H&P) and psychological evaluation compliance, and track the data.
Correct transcriptions in the system and serve as liaison with transcription services.
Send Tri-west requests for records.
Calculate and send the Fall Audit, Read Back Audit, Timeliness of Psychiatric Evaluation Audit, Pre-Discharge Evaluation of Risk Audit, and Discharge Diagnosis audit.
Chair the monthly Forms Committee, take minutes, and prepare meeting minutes.
Update and forward forms for Quality Council and keep the master forms binder current.
Update the Do Not Abbreviate list annually to meet JCAHO standards.
Verify monthly bills for AJS Copy, Cor-o-van, and Medwrite, and liaise with those companies to address problems.
Send quarterly denial-of-rights and involuntary-detention information to the county.
Gather and calculate data for the quarterly HIM report for Quality Council.
Keep policies and procedures up to date.
Conduct monthly in-services and new-hire orientation training.
Attend JCAHO meetings, Quality Council, Ethics, Corporate Compliance, Forms Committee, and department meetings.
Complete the OSHPD report twice a year.
Process the ALIRTS report annually.
Ensure coding updates are received once or twice a year.
Serve as the department's primary coder and notify the Business Office and Utilization Review of diagnosis corrections or changes and other problems.
Supervise staff, conduct employee evaluations, ensure compliance packets are current, and check e-time for accuracy.