Health Information Manager - HIM Clinical Exempt; Non-Union

The Manager uses clinical, coding and CDI expertise to perform daily operational management. This position evaluates the adequacy and effectiveness of internal and operational controls designed to ensure that processes and practices lead to appropriate execution of regulatory requirements and guidelines related to facility coding and CDI practices, including federal and state compliance standards.

The Manager uses Health Information Management and Revenue Cycle knowledge to perform daily operational management. This position evaluates the adequacy and effectiveness of internal and operational controls designed to ensure that processes and practices lead to appropriate execution of regulatory requirements and guidelines related to documentation compliance and facility coding practices, including federal and state compliance standards. In addition, the Manager of Data Integrity and Informatics will provide leadership and assist in the ongoing assessment, development and oversight of the medical record completion requirements to meet accreditation and licensure requirements for Keck Medicine of USC hospitals and clinics.

Works closely with the medical staff to provide support with record completion requirements including EHR in‑servicing as it relates to record completion. This position assists in the development of departmental goals and identifies strategies to achieve those goals. Supports accreditation and licensure auditing requirements as it relates to record completion.

• a. Plans, develops, evaluates and refines an efficient and effective medical record/health information management systems that ensures quality data of all records.
• b. Serves as a resource for other hospital departments and medical staff in areas of medical record documentation requirements and forms design.
• c. Develops, continually refines and updates HIM policies, procedures, continuous quality improvement of medical record documentation and all related systems.
• d. Coordinates and integrates department services on intradepartmental, interdepartmental, and hospital wide levels.
• e. Plans for the provision of services through provision of appropriate levels of qualified, competent staff. Policies and procedures are in place to support scope of services.
• f. Establishes and maintains performance improvement and quality control activities which support the department and the hospital.
• g. Provides for orientation, training, and continuing education of staff.
• h. Develops training tools to support medical record documentation by the medical staff.
• i. Provides direct one‑to‑one training to medical staff to support medical record documentation.
• j. Develops auditing program and reporting of accreditation and licensure medical documentation requirements.
• k. Provides summary audit findings to medical staff to improve performance.
• l. Provides communication to medical staff and leadership regarding chart completion deficiencies and medical staff suspension.
• MANAGEMENT Ability to Supervise (includes hiring, counseling, coaching, terminating, etc.) Ability to effectively evaluate performance of staff in a timely fashion Ability to schedule staff according to scope of services and budgetary requirements Ability to work independently with little or no supervision Knowledge of employee rights.
• COMMUNICATION Ability to communicate effectively intra‑departmentally. Ability to communicate effectively inter‑departmentally Ability to communicate effectively with external customers Provides timely follow‑up with both written and verbal requests for information, including voice mail and email.
• PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT and Policies and Procedures Participates in continuously assessing and improving departmental and hospital‑wide performance. Knowledge of performance improvement methodologies and processes Ability to implement changes to improve processes as needed both inter and intra‑departmentally Ability to develop, revise, interpret, and enforce hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Ability to implement policies and procedures by effectively working with personnel. Ability to evaluate systems to determine whether or not current…