Job Details
Description
The Opportunity:
The Manager of Health Information (HIM) provides direction, leadership, and management of the HIM team at North Central Health Care. This position aims to oversee the daily operations of the HIM department. Daily operations include ensuring completeness and accuracy of medical records, release of information, scanning, coding, and all processes related to maintaining and auditing the medical record.
Pay range starting between $64,000 - $72,000 annually.
Who We Are
North Central Health Care is an organization serving Langlade, Lincoln and Marathon counties within the fields of mental health treatment, addiction services, long term care, short term care, physical therapy, crisis stabilization and so much more. We have amazing employees who provide exceptional care and want to add to our team.
What You’ll Do
- Provides leadership to the HIM department and ensures that quality standards of medical record content are upheld.
- Organizes the health information function to achieve stated objectives, periodically reviews their effectiveness, and makes changes or recommendations as appropriate.
- Implements appropriate health record processing systems to provide accurate and timely processing of records and generation of reports.
- Assures accreditation and regulatory requirements are met and compliant.
- Performs all HR-related items, hiring, position justifications, promotion recommendations, annual performance evaluations, disciplinary guidance, and time/attendance duties.
- Determines staffing needs and assures personnel functions are carried out.
- Provide ongoing education and training for staff to maintain and improve skills.
- Implement and support quality improvement processes within the department and throughout the organization.
- Maintains knowledge of HIPAA and works to ensure compliance and enforcement of the policies and procedures to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the protected health information.
- Lead the management and auditing of the medical records.
- Monitors written documentation, receives, and shares information with other interdisciplinary teams.
- Provides training to employees on medical record content, completion, confidentiality, documentation standards, and error correction procedures, as necessary.
- Ensure the quality of medical records by implementing policies and procedures to verify completeness, accuracy, and proper entry.
- Chapter Owner of "Record of Care” for Joint Commission and conduct required quality reporting.
- Maintains current knowledge of applicable federal, state, and accrediting agency laws and standards. Anticipates and plans for regulatory changes on a federal and state level.
- Develops department budget assessing needs, trends, and projections. Ensures department operates within budgetary limitations and provides insight on all variances in the operating budget.
- Researches and prepares policies and procedures related to HIM.
- Serves as ‘Custodian of Medical Records’ to ensure security of charts and PHI.
- Responds to court-ordered Subpoenas.
Required
What You Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Health Information Management or Technology, Health Care Administration, or equivalent course of study earned from an accredited four-year college or university academic program or 1-3 years of experience in HIM, or certification in HIM functions such as an RHIT, or RHIA, CPHIMS.
- Previous experience in electronic health record environment
- Possess at least 1 year of experience in a healthcare setting or equivalent.
- Ability to communicate and work well with team members.
- Strong computer aptitude including knowledge of electronic health records and Microsoft Office products.
- Maintains regular and predictable on-site attendance.
Preferred
- One year of supervisory experience.
- One year of experience in a health care setting.
- Health Information Management for 3-5 years.
- Intermediate knowledge of medical terminology and clinical workflows.
What You’ll Get
- Starting pay range $64,000 - $72,000 annually. This is an on-site position.
- PTO, paid holidays, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, on-site bistro and cafeteria, pharmacy, newly updated facility, life insurance, accident insurance, pet insurance, hospital insurance, employee discounts.
- As an employee of NCHC, you could be eligible for the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS). The WRS is a hybrid defined benefit plan. It contains elements of both a 401(k) or defined contribution plan and a defined benefit plan. Participating staff contribute 6.9% and NCHC will match this at 100% each pay period!
In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act, NCHC will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer. North Central Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer.