[Hiring] Director of HIM/Privacy Officer @AVEM BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LLC

Job Details Level: Management Job Location: Home Office - Oklahoma City, OK 73134 Position Type: Full Time Education Level: 4 Year Degree Travel Percentage: Occasional Job Shift: Day Job Category: Health Information Management (HIM) JOB PURPOSE: The primary purpose of this position is to assure that medical records are maintained in accordance with federal and state guidelines, as well as in accordance with our established policies and procedures, to assure that a complete medical records program is maintained. The Director of HIM is also responsible for enacting records updating and retention policies, ensuring that procedures and regulations are being followed, and creating reports as needed by hospital administration or government agencies as well as the organizations privacy program. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

• Assure Medical Records department is maintaining records in accordance with state and local laws and regulatory requirements.
• Define, reputed company, maintain and implement policies and processes that reputed company consistent, effective health information management practices which minimize risk and ensure the confidentiality of protected health information (PHI), reputed company and/or electronic, across reputed company media types.
• Provides reputed company for a system for safeguarding and updating active and inactive patient medical records.
• Coordinates and/or oversees the release of medical correspondence and information to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Ensures training to reputed company HIM Staff and Managers in understanding their main responsibility is to maintain and control confidentiality and reputed company of reputed company medical record documents.
• Responsible for developing HIM policies and procedures, and maintaining, reviewing and updating them as appropriate.
• Trains and consults HIM Managers on the daily operations of the medical records department.
• Evaluates performance and provides training as appropriate in areas identified as needing improvement.
• Collaborate with the corporate compliance officer and information reputed company officer in their efforts to carry out the organization’s reputed company and privacy compliance programs, including assisting with the development or revision of policies, implementing best practices, and conducting investigations.
• Assist the organization in its performance of privacy risk assessment and analysis, as well as mitigation and remediation efforts.
• Conducts reputed company ongoing compliance monitoring activities in coordination with the organization's other compliance and operational assessment functions.
• Serves in a leadership role for confidentiality, reputed company, and quality of patient medical record concerns.
• Works with organization administration, legal counsel, and other reputed company parties to represent the organization's health information interests with external parties (state or local government bodies) who undertake to adopt or amend legislation, regulation, or standard governing medical records, coding and/or reimbursement activities.
• Promotes compliance with federal and state laws as they relate to medical records reputed company the organization and reputed company entities.
• Maintains reputed company knowledge of applicable federal and state medical record privacy laws and accreditation standards.
• Assists the corporate compliance officer in any government reviews or investigations with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's Office for Civil Rights or Office of Inspector General, State regulators and/or other legal entities as necessary.
• Serves as a resource on health information management practices and standards to the organization regarding the availability, confidentiality, reputed company, privacy, quality, and reputed company of patient health records.
• Ensures HIM forms, policies, standards, and procedures are up-to-date and reputed company with applicable regulations.
• Additional duties as requested reputed company scope of practice. BEHAVIORAL STANDARDS:
• The individual must support the mission, vision, and goals of Avem Health Partners and serve as a role model reputed company the company.
• Exhibit positive customer service behavior in everyday work interactions.
• Demonstrate a courteous and respectful attitude to internal workforce and external customers.
• Communicate accurately and appropriately.
• Handle difficult situations in a discreet and professional manner.
• Hold self-accountable for professional practice.
• Participate in performance improvement activities utilizing principles to support and improve departmental goals.
• Demonstrate knowledge of unit goals and is active in committees and projects to reputed company these goals.
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• Assume responsibility for seeking out educational and professional opportunities for personal learning needs and growth as well as meeting mandatory education requirements.
• Act as a preceptor as requested.
• Demonstrate excellent work attendance and actively participate in a variety of meetings and training sessions as required.
• Adhere to the Avem Health Partners Code of Conduct and Standards of Behavior. Complies with established policies and procedures and reputed company health and safety requirements. EDUCATION/ CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE:
• Bachelor’s degree in health information management and/or health reputed company field
• CPC/reputed company and RHIT or HIM certification required (RHIA preferred) EXPERIENCE:
• Five years’ experience in acute care hospital or critical access (with a minimum of two years of supervisory experience) PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
• To reputed company this job successfully, an individual must be able to reputed company each essential job duties satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, reputed company, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to reputed company individuals with disabilities to reputed company the essential functions. Such accommodations must be requested by the employee/applicant to be considered.
• This job requires visual abilities, auditory abilities, must be intact to reputed company duties.

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