HIM Site Manager

Job Description

I. General Summary

• With minimal supervision from the Sr. Director of HIM Operations, manages the HIM Team Leads, and the activities of the Health Information Management areas of release of information, document imaging, analysis, transcription, death/birth certificates, physician chart completion, physician escalation, and site-specific regulatory audits.

II. Principal Responsibilities and Tasks

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.

• Document imaging processes with forms management

• Support for Corporate Compliance and Regulatory policy revisions and processes

• Privacy Officer duties as assigned to include, but not limited to facility policy training, privacy investigations, privacy orientation to new employees and quarterly privacy updates

Company Description

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state's future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System's anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.

Qualifications

III. Education and Experience

• Associates degree in Health Information Management or commensurate HIM experience (7 years). Bachelor's degree in Health Information Management, or related Health Information /Informatics field preferred.

• BA plus minimum of five years' experience leading/managing activities in a Health Information Management Department. Seven years' experience leading/managing activities in a Health Information Management Department preferred.

• RHIT/RHIA certification preferred.

• Maintains working knowledge of Federal, State, HIPAA, HITECH, CMS, Joint Commission, and other regulatory agencies requirements.

IV. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong analytical and organizational skills; filing systems; ability to prioritize workloads; meet deadlines and work effectively under pressure; excellent customer service skills; general office procedures; ability to problem solve and work with minimal supervision; familiar with basic medical terminology; computer experience; typing ability.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.