Director of Health Information Management (RHIA)

Director Of Health Information ManagementAs the Director of Health Information Management, for Aurora San Diego, you will be responsible for supervising and coordinating the activities concerning analyzing, compiling, abstracting, transcribing, coding, indexing, and filing patient records.Pay Range: 75K to 85K AnnuallyWork Setting: Fully OnsiteWork Site Location: 11878 Avenue of Industry, San Diego, CA 92128Responsibilities:Process all Physician billing requests for medical recordsReview legal requests (subpoenas or court orders) and copy recordsReview all the releases for validity and mail back the ones that are not validProcess the delinquent count each week and send out the lists to each physicianAudit all charts for H&P and Psychological Evaluation compliance and keep track of all dataPerform transcription corrections in the system and act as the liaison between the transcription servicesSend out the Tri-west requests for recordsCalculate and send Fall audit, Read back audit, timeliness of Psychiatric Evaluation audit, Pre-Discharge Evaluation of Risk audit, and discharge diagnosisChair the "Forms Committee" each month. Take minutes and type the meeting minutes. Update and forward all forms for Quality CouncilKeep the master forms binder up to date with the most current formsEnsure that the "Do Not Abbreviate list" is up to date with JCAHO standards each yearVerify and check the bills for AJS copy, Cor-o-van and Medwrite each month. Act as the Liaison with each company for any problems that ariseSend out (Quarterly) the denial of rights and involuntary detentions to the countyGather and calculate all the data for the Quarterly HIM report for Quality CouncilKeep Policies and Procedures up to datePerform In-services and New Hire Orientation training, monthlyAttend JCAHO meetings, Quality Council, Ethics, Corporate Compliance, Forms Committee and DepartComplete OSHPD report, twice a yearProcess ALIRTS report, once a yearMake sure coding updates are received once or twice a yearAct as the primary coding for the department. Notifies the Business Office and Utilization R of any corrections or changes made to the diagnosis in the system or any other problems that ariseSupervise Staff and Employee evaluations and make sure they are up to date on compliance packets. Check e-time for accuracy