Health Information Manager

Description

Department: Medical Records

Supervisor Title: VP Quality & Patient Safety

Location: Afton, WY

Employment Status: Full-Time

Compensation: Minimum $66,000 annually, commensurate with experience and education.

Benefits: We offer a competitive compensation package that includes:

• Health, dental, & vision insurance, health savings account
• Approximately 4 weeks of PTO
• Short term sick time,
• Basic life insurance coverage
• Disability insurance
• Matching retirement plan

While upholding the Star Valley Health mission, vision and values the Supervisor of HIM oversees and supervises/manages the daily operations of the Health Information Management staff assigned by leading and assigning work, ensuring timely completion of work, and confirming that productivity and quality standards are met. This position is responsible for training staff in the operation of system applications/equipment and technical aspects of assigning, processing, retrieving, releasing, and storing medical records, including legal requirements regarding HIPAA and confidentiality of medical records. The Supervisor of HIM will analyze the staff’s production and workflow concerns in both electronic and manual systems and processes and develop and/ or revise work procedures to increase efficiency and resolve problems. This is an at will position.

Requirements

• Leads and directs assigned HIM team in ensuring daily operations, production, and quality standards are met.
• Manages staff and systems in defined areas to achieve appropriate staffing, resource utilization and cost containment objectives of the organization.
• Ensures staff adheres to appropriate departmental and facility policies and procedures which include ensuring quality and quantity of work/services of staff are acceptable and the staff meets established productivity standards.
• Develops and maintains policies and procedures applicable to scope of services supervised.
• Makes recommendations concerning updating and revision of HIM policies.
• Assists with planning, organizing and supervising implementation/upgrades of all HIM related IS systems, including integrated system testing and training.
• Keeps abreast of information systems and all updates and assists HIMD with ensuring implementation meets compliance with department standards.
• Maintain medical record functions through pulling, copying/scanning, filing, assembling, and retrieving patient records.
• Responds to releases for requests of medical information timely.
• Completes incoming correspondence requests for medical record information according to Federal/State law.
• Completes Birth Certificates according to state regulations.
• Tracks and maintains medical record charts to comply with CAH regulations.
• Cross trains to assist with workloads and perform other duties as assigned or identified.
• Attends meetings as scheduled and assigned.
• Comply with HIPPA and other federal, state, and local regulations as well as maintain the highest degree of confidentiality in client and staff matters.

Abilities & Skills:   

• Current knowledge of HIM and healthcare standards, policies, and procedures
• Understanding of HIM processes in an electronic health record environment.
• Extensive knowledge of medical record documentation requirements
• Demonstrated leadership abilities.
• Ability to understand and follow established procedures and other guidelines of great complexity in the performance of work tasks that involve making frequent decisions.
• Ability to determine methods and approaches to work problems.
• Ability to handle multiple complex assignments.
• Ability to identify and resolve problems of varying degrees of complexity using strong analytical and logic skills.
• Ability to develop and recommend policies and procedures.
• Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with direct reports, departmental management, and hospital/medical staff leadership.
• Multi-task with extreme attention to detail
• Strong customer service 
• Self-motivated
• Proficient computer skills in Excel, Outlook, Microsoft word, and general internet usage
• Able to work individually and as a team player.
• Utilize a computer for data input, retrieval of data, and running reports.
• Physical demands, some reaching, bending sitting, and prolonged standing. Some lifting up to 25 lbs.

Experience & Education:

• Associate Degree in Health Information Technology or Bachelor’s degree in Health Information Management or closely related field and one (1) years in supervisory or lead role preferred.
• Previous experience in hospital and/or academic hospital/health system environment with an EMR required.
• Experience with EPIC required.