HIM DIRECTOR

Meadville Medical Center•Meadville, PA

12d

About The Position

The HIM Director organizes, plans, and responds to the day-to-day operations of the department, including scheduling, complaints, concerns, questions, and problems. This role involves reporting on record reviews for accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and compliance with accepted standards. The Director will evaluate, write, and revise departmental policies and procedures, performance appraisals, and job descriptions. Key responsibilities include collecting, analyzing, prioritizing, and reporting on all departmental functions related to the maintenance and function of various computer systems, such as Meditech, data dictionaries, data entry, accuracy, retrieval, incomplete chart processing, chart locator, and data integrity. The Director will develop goals and priorities for departmental functions, report on progress to Administration and Medical Staff functions, and prepare and monitor Capital and Operational budgets. This role also involves evaluating, selecting, or recommending and procuring personnel and technology for the department. The HIM Director will act as a liaison with other departments, physicians, and Administration, and must be knowledgeable regarding various accrediting and certifying bodies (JCAHO, DNV, DOH, etc.) and their rules, regulations, and standards, monitoring and reporting compliance. Additionally, the Director will coordinate responses to coding denials, including denial tracking and reporting of trends and results.

Requirements

Must be graduate of an Accredited Medical Record Technician or Medical Record Administrator program.
A minimum of 3 years' managerial experience required.

Responsibilities

Organizes, plans and responds in the day-to-day operations of the department including scheduling, complaints, concerns, questions and problems.
Reports on review of records for accuracy, completeness, timeliness and compliance with accepted standards.
Evaluates, writes and revises departmental policies and procedures, performance appraisals and job descriptions.
Collects, analyses, prioritizes, and reports on all Departmental functions in relation to the maintenance and function of various computer systems including the Meditech system, Data dictionaries, entry, maintenance, accuracy, retrieval of data, incomplete chart processing, chart locator and data integrity.
Develops goals and priorities for functions within the Department.
Reports on the progress in relation to those goals and priorities to Administration and various Medical Staff functions.
Prepares and monitors Capital and Operational budgets for all Departmental functions.
Evaluates, selects or recommends, and procures personnel and technology for the Department.
Act as a liaison with other departments, physicians and Administration.
Is knowledgeable regarding various accrediting and certifying bodies (JCAHO, DNV, DOH, etc.) and their rules, regulations and standards.
Monitors and reports compliance with those standards and regulations.
Coordinates response to coding denials including denial tracking and reporting of trends and results.