Vice President of Health Information Systems

Every clinical decision, every claim, and every quality measure at West Central depends on information being accurate, secure, and available to the right person at the right time.

Were looking for a leader to own that.

West Central Behavioral Health is a CCBHC-designated community mental health center serving the Upper Valley and Sullivan County.

Last year our staff served nearly 2,700 children, adolescents, and adults across four sites.

Were growing, our regulatory environment is getting more complex, and our data needs to do more than satisfy auditors.

It needs to drive how we care for people and how we run the agency.

The role This is a senior leadership position with agency-wide reach.

Youll oversee health information management, EHR administration, and facility technology infrastructure, and youll lead two directors: our Director of Information Technologies and our Director of Quality Improvement and Compliance.

Youll also be a trusted advisor to the CEO and executive team on health information governance, regulatory risk, and data strategy.

In practice, you will: Serve as primary administrator of our EHR, managing configuration, user access, security, and optimization with our vendor and IT teamEnsure compliance with HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2, NH RSA 151, He-M rules, and CMS requirements, and lead or coordinate privacy investigations and breach responseBuild a clinical documentation improvement program that supports accurate reimbursement under the CCBHC PPS modelPartner with Quality and Compliance on a Quality Assurance and Improvement Plan, and build automated reporting that gives leadership timely, reliable dataOversee release of information, master patient index integrity, and records retention policyLead audits tied to CCBHC quality measures, He-M reviews, and payersReport on health information performance and compliance to executive leadership and the Board If youve wanted a seat at the table where data strategy shapes organizational decisions, this is that seat.