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Centerpoint Medical Center

HIM Director

Centerpoint Medical Center, Independence, Missouri, United States, 64053


This position is incentive eligible.

IntroductionLast year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As an HIM Director with Centerpoint Medical Center, you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary and QualificationsUnder the direction of the Regional HIM Director, you are responsible for managing, coordinating, and performing the day‐to‐day operations and workflow of the facility based HIM operations. You will assist the Regional HIM Director with the oversight and implementation of facility related HIM Service Center (HSC) operational planning, service level agreements, budgets, workflow processes, and internal controls. You actively participate in the facility based unbilled management process and resolution of issues contributing to unbilled accounts. You serve as a promoter of the HSC and are the on‐site “face” of the HSC.

What you will do in this role:

Assist with the Horizon Patient Folder (HPF)/McKesson Patient Folder (MPF) and HIM Shared Services activities, including but not limited to: FTE management, forms management, interface workbook, operational assessment, action planning, productivity monitoring, release of information management, record storage and destruction management, staff education, and HIM operations cleanup.

Participate in communication efforts with HIM personnel, facility departments, facility department and unit leadership, facility leadership, and medical staff, including serving as a key HIM contact for facility implementation activities and project core team meetings.

Responsible for managing facility based HIM operations and staff including, but not limited to, record pick up and reconciliation, release of information request processing, hardcopy retrieval of medical records, tumor and/or trauma registry, and processing of birth certificate/paternity papers as applicable. Routinely assist in the performance of facility based HIM operations including, but not limited to, ad hoc record pick up and reconciliation, release of information request processing, and hardcopy retrieval of medical records as needed.

Perform facility unbilled activities including physician query follow up, physician incomplete record follow-up, collaboration with facility department leaders in monitoring and working unbilled reports, working the applicable HPF/MPF queues, working the applicable unbilled management reports and queues, (e.g., DET/eRequest, Bill 49) and management of HIM operations unbilled processes.

Oversee facility‐specific 360 Encompass Computer Assisted Coding (CAC) implementation activities for all patient types. Support and sustain the HIM operational aspects of CAC post go‐live.

Work all applicable HPF/MPF workflow queues (includes, but is not limited to, the Facility HIM Department Queue, all Coding Pend for Queues, Review Queues, Unknown Document Queue, Cancelled Accounts Queue and all Wait for Workflow Trigger Queues) according to established workflow guidelines and schedules.

May serve as the Facility Privacy Official, Records Management Coordinator, RAC Coordinator, and/or perform state reporting duties.

What qualifications you will need:

Bachelor's degree in business or related field required. Degree requirement may be substituted by current enrollment in a bachelor's degree program or equivalent work experience with CEO approval.

A minimum of one year of HIM department experience is preferred; three or more years is strongly preferred.

A minimum of one year of healthcare management experience is strongly preferred.

RHIA or RHIT strongly preferred.

Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our HIM Director opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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