Health Information Services Director jobs in Gulfport, MS

• Responsible for leadership and administration of Health Information Management operations
  • Supervises Health Information Management personnel and assigns duties to ensure accurate and timely completion of scanning, coding, and all aspects of record management (assembly, abstracting, storage, and release)
  • Oversees the collection, analysis, distribution, storage and descruction of health information and ensures quality
  • Provides management of the coding process and maintains quality and ethical coding standards through validation
  • Collaborates with health system staff and leadership through the course of HIM activities
  • Develops, maintains, and enforces health information management policies and procedures to comply with state and federal regulations, as well as organizational policies and procedures
  • Implements Medical Staff rules and regulations related to patient records
  • Reviews and evaluates the effectiveness of existing programs and recommends changes to meet current and long-range goals
  • Monitors changes in federal and state laws, as well as accreditation standards, to promote organizational readiness for compliance with new health information management and privacy regulations
  • Ensures organizational compliance with applicable privacy requirements working in conjunction with the HIPAA Privacy Officer and the cybersecurity office
• Provides management oversight to assigned departments
  • Directs, coordinates, implements, trains and evaluates HIM leaders and employees
  • Conducts interviews, hires, and holds team members accountable to performance standards
  • Provides education organization wide related to the use of medical records software systems
  • Analyzes the department’s needs and establishes objectives to address those needs, ensuring the consistency with organizational initiatives
  • Directs and manages team activities to ensure department goals are met, monitoring and adjusting staffing and workload as appropriate
  • Ensures employment practices are in compliance with state and federal laws, regulations, standards and guidelines
• Provides strategic and financial planning for areas of responsibility
  • Prepares, administers, and monitors annual operating and capital budgets
  • Facilitates the planning and coordination of quality and cost-effective services throughout the organization
  • Oversees schedule management, financial management and reconciliation including budget review and variance reporting
  • Ensures recommendations regarding department activities, operations, and expansions are consistent with goals, objectives, and mission of Memorial

Memorial Health System has been dedicated to healing, inspiring, and transforming the health of our community since 1946. With multiple hospital facilities, outpatient surgery locations and diagnostic centers, more than 100 Physician Clinics, and post-acute services including skilled nursing, you can find your fit at Memorial.

When you join our team, you join more than 5,000 individuals committed to exceptional care. We offer several of the region's most comprehensive clinical programs and medical specialties unique to the Coast, including a Level III Neonatal ICU, state-designated Level II Trauma Center, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, and Mississippi's first nationally-certified Primary Stroke Center.

At Memorial, you are valued. We know that our increasingly diverse communities need healthcare professionals that reflect their different cultural backgrounds, perspectives, and values. We acknowledge the uniqueness of all individuals, their commonalities as well as differences, all of which have shaped their lives in meaningful ways.

The development of our team members is integral to the patient care we provide. Grow your skills, and grow with Memorial.

Memorial Health System is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status or characteristic. Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Disability/Veteran.