Health Records Program Manager

State of Maryland•Howard, MD

8d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is the managerial level of work planning, developing, implementing, maintaining and evaluating a health records program for a State facility or local health department. This position will directly supervise Health Records Technician Supervisors and indirectly supervise all staff assigned to the program. This position receives managerial supervision from a designated higher-level health administrator. Positions in this classification are evaluated by using the classification job evaluation methodology. The use of this method involves comparing the assigned duties and responsibilities of a position to the job criteria found in the Nature of Work and Examples of Work sections of the class specification. This position is differentiated from a Health Records Program Supervisor in that this position is responsible for planning, developing and administering a health records program for a State facility or local health department and has supervisory responsibility for Health Records Technician Supervisors while the Health Records Program Supervisor is responsible for planning, developing and administering a health records program for a State facility or local health department and has supervisory responsibility for lower-level Health Records Technicians.

Requirements

An Associate of Arts degree in Medical Records Sciences from an accredited college or university.
Five years of experience compiling and maintaining health records, to include one year of supervisory responsibility.
Current registration as a Registered Health Information Administrator or as a Registered Health Information Technician by the American Health Information Management Association.
Two years of experience supervising employees engaged in health records processing and maintenance in a health records program for a health care facility or program.
U.S. Armed Forces military service experience at a rank of Corporal/Petty Officer or higher as a non-commissioned officer in Medical Record classifications or Patient Administration Specialists and Health Services Management specialty codes in the health records management field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience in healthcare laws and standards, including HIPAA, CMS guidelines, and The Joint Commission (TJC).
Experience in leadership strategic problem-solving, budgeting, and cross-departmental communication skills to manage a large, matrixed healthcare team.

Responsibilities

Planning, developing, implementing, maintaining and evaluating a health records program.
Directly supervise Health Records Technician Supervisors.
Indirectly supervise all staff assigned to the program.