What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Health Information Management - IRF position at Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South?
Description
What you will do in this role:
- Maintain confidentiality of all patient care information to ensure patient rights are protected
- Assist in planning, organizing, directing and maintaining the Health Information Department in accordance with established policies, procedures, state and federal regulations and accreditation standards (i.e. HIPAA, JCAHO, and CARF)
- Assist in establishing and maintaining procedures for the collection, abstracting, filing and retrieval of medical records
- Assist staff physicians in use of electronic medical record
- Work with staff physicians in getting records completed within the required timeframe
- Serve as a resource for hospital leadership and other staff regarding health information issues, rules and regulations and accreditation standards (i.e. HIPAA, TJC)
- Supervise other HIM employees which include initial and on-going training in HIM functions. (if applicable)
- At discharge, process records within required timeframes: assembly, analysis and abstracting
- Review and process requests for patient information within required timeframe and serve as resource for other staff who may be involved in requests after regular business hours
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- RHIT (or eligible) or RHIA (or eligible) or Coding Certification by AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association)
- Prefer two (2) years of experience in health information leadership in a health-related facility preferably a hospital setting