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Position Title:  Manager of Health Information Management         

Department:  Health Information Management                               Safety Sensitive:  ☒  Yes            ☐  No

Reports to:  Senior Director of Revenue Cycle                                Exempt Status:    ☒  Yes            ☐  No 

 

Position Purpose:

All KHI employees are expected to perform their respective tasks and duties in such a way that supports KHI’s vision to be among the kindest, highest quality health systems in the country.

This position oversees the activities of HIM, organizational-wide.

The Manager coordinates the development and integration of information systems related to health information.

This position works closely with the IT team on the EHR infrastructure and workflows to ensure accuracy and efficiencies are at their optimal levels.

This position develops and maintains standards and systems to enhance the quality, consistency and efficiency of department processes and implements privacy-related policies and procedures while maintaining knowledge of accrediting body, CMS, HIPAA, state, and federal guidelines.

Collaborates with IT and Compliance to support the definition of the Legal Health Record.

Responsible for knowledge of applicable federal and state privacy laws and maintenance of organization privacy policies and procedures.

 

Key Responsibilities 



* Oversight of organization-wide health information management functions to include coordination of, and access to, complete medical records, accuracy, and timely record completion, accurate DRG, ICD-10 and CPT coding, release of information, and CDI. 


* Ensures continuous provider communication and education, regarding coding and documentation, is performed. 


* Assists in denial appeal processing.


* In conjunction with IT, manages and coordinates the development and integration of information systems related to health information.

 


* Responsible for performing evaluation, design, testing, implementation, upgrades, support, and maintenance of HIM applications. 


* Responsible for build and oversight of the patient portal.

Assist customers of the patient portal in troubleshooting and resolving issues. 


* Responsible for creating and maintaining departmental job descriptions, policies, and procedures. 


* Responsible for conducting regular departmental meetings and in-services.


* Ensures regulatory compliance with accrediting body, CMS, HIPAA, and state and federal agencies. 


* Overall responsibility for evaluating all HIM related processes and recommending best practice methodology. 


* Develops and prepares the annual capital and operating budget for HIM, and monitors and controls operating expenses to meet established organizational budget goals. 


* Develops and supervises staff through provision of timely feedba...