Hospital Health Information Director - Travel - HCA Healthcare

Description

Introduction

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a Hospital Health Information Director PRN  - Travel? At Parallon, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

Benefits

Parallon offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

You contribute to our success. Every role has an impact on our patients’ lives and you have the opportunity to make a difference. We are looking for a dedicated  Hospital Health Information Director 

 - Travel   like you to be a part of our team.

Job Summary and Qualifications

As the Facility HIM Director Float (FHIMD Float), you will be responsible for temporarily leading, managing, and coordinating the hospital-based HIM operations and workflow while the FHIMD vacancy is being recruited/secured or to cover for an existing FHIMD’s extended leave of absence. Duration at a given site will vary (e.g., a few weeks or a year+). 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 will serve as a promoter of the HSC and will be the on‐site “face” of the HSC. 

This position will require 25-30% travel and will potentially travel to the following states: Alaska, California, Idaho, Kentucky, Nevada, Tennessee, and Utah. At times, travel may be heavy.

In this role, you will: 

• Be responsible for leading and 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, processing of birth certificate/paternity, document imaging (prepping, scanning, and indexing), physician chart completion and unbilled activities. At times may assist in performing these functions.
• Be responsible for the management of the hospital-based HIM staff, including hiring, coaching, disciplining and counseling staff, and productivity and quality monitoring. 
• Participate in communication and customer service efforts with HIM personnel, facility departments, facility department and unit leadership, facility leadership and medical staff.
• Ensure all applicable EHR and Computer Assisted Coding (e.g., HPF, MPF, Cerner, Epic, MEDITECH) 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) are worked according to established workflow policies and guidelines.
• Work collaboratively with Medical Staff and Facility Leadership to comply with standards and guidelines enforced through the hospital’s Medical Staff Bylaws/Rules and Regulations (e.g., suspension of privileges) and be responsible for facilitation and execution of physician notification processes regarding medical record documentation deficiency, delinquency and physician suspension.
• Provide and/or assist the HIM staff in providing EHR/3M 360 Encompass record completion and medical record viewing training and education to medical staff members and to other clinical and ancillary personnel.
• Primary facility contact for external agencies requiring on‐site viewing of medical records.
• Proactively manage, including corresponding communications and escalation paths, significant issues in HIM operations (e.g., backlogs, turnover), status of projects, barriers and successes.
• In conjunction with, and under the leadership of the HSC COO, HSC ACOO and/or Regional HIM Director, serve as a liaison between the HSC and Facility Administration, Facility Department Leadership, and Medical Facility Staff Leadership, building and maintaining strategic working relationships with the facility and department leadership (working through specific issues, committee meetings, monthly updates, etc.).
• Active participant in preparing for or assisting with external agency (e.g., The Joint Commission, Board of Health) reviews of the facility.
• May also serve as the Facility Privacy Official, Records Management Coordinator, RAC Coordinator, and/or perform state reporting duties. 
• May serve, or serve in conjunction with the Regional HIM Director, on facility committees.
• May serve, or serve in conjunction with the Regional HIM Director, as the Medical Record Custodian including making court appearances and facilitating certification of medical records as applicable.
• Assist the Regional HIM Director in the development of strategy, specific goals, objectives, budgets, and performance standards relative to the facility HIM operations.
• Coordinates training and education of facility-based HSC staff. 

  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 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 healthcare management experience is strongly preferred 
• RHIA or RHIT strongly preferred 

"Parallon provides full-service revenue cycle management, or total patient account resolution, for HCA Healthcare. Our services include scheduling, registration, insurance verification, hospital billing, revenue integrity, collections, payment compliance, credentialing, health information management, customer service, payroll and physician billing. We also provide full-service revenue cycle management as well as targeted solutions, such as Medicaid Eligibility, for external clients across the country. Parallon has over 17,000 colleagues, and serves close to 1,000 hospitals and 3,000 physician practices, all making an impact on patients, providers and their communities.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses."

"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our HIM Director Float PRN opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your resume today to join our community of caring!

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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