Director health information management of information

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Worker Type:
Regular

Job Highlights:
Named 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare 2023 - Becker's Healthcare
Named One of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2023 - Newsweek
Named One of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women 2023 - Newsweek
SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the Midwest through a robust and fully integrated health care delivery system. The organization’s 40,000 team members and more than 12,800 providers are committed to providing exceptional health care services and revealing God’s healing presence to everyone they serve.

With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, SSM Health includes 23 hospitals, more than 300 physician offices and other outpatient and virtual care services, 13 post-acute facilities, comprehensive home care and hospice services, a pharmacy benefit company, a health insurance company and an accountable care organization. It is one of the largest employers in every community it serves.
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Jon Dirksen
Executive Talent Acquisition
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Job Summary:
Provides strategic direction and oversight for release of information for the system including Hospital Based and Ambulatory. Monitors, identifies opportunities and influences outcomes for standardization of release of information processes. Engages with internal and external stakeholder relationships to ensure compliance is met with accuracy and timeliness.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Serves as a member of the leadership team providing strategic direction on release of information strategic initiatives and related services to both vendors and employed SSM team members.
Monitors effectiveness of organization's HIPAA policies, guidelines, rules, and regulations as well as any external vendor’s compliance with these documents. Proposes modifications to documents, as appropriate.
Leads development of performance monitoring processes and procedures, including identifying data sources and establishing performance monitoring cadence.
Leads and directs operational performance of Release of Information thru vendor relationship supporting system-wide scope for hospital and ambulatory offices.
Acts as subject matter expert on HIPAA and other regulatory guidelines related to release of information in partnership with SSM Health Compliance and Privacy Departments and ensures system process/policies support regulatory compliance.
Analyzes and evaluates data to better improve procedures, systems and set standards for improvement.
Effectively influences outcomes through a direct or matrix leader relationship.
Effectively manages projects and initiatives through expertise in project management.
Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree

EXPERIENCE
Seven years' experience, with five years' in leadership
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
Rare climbing.
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA)
Or
Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA)
Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:
Employee

Department:
8701490033 HB HIM - STL/SIL

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,pregnancy, veteran status ,

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