Health Information Director

Animal Health Jobs LLC; Norman (OK); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Vision & Dental

Flexible Spending plans

Retirement plan

Paid time off: 3 weeks annual leave +

3 weeks of Sick Leave

11 paid holidays

Longevity bonus

Job summary

JD McCarty Center in Norman, OK is seeking a Health Information Director to lead the Health Information Department, ensuring data integrity, privacy, and accurate documentation across inpatient and outpatient services.

The role oversees coding, release of information, and EHR management, coordinating with physicians, IT, compliance, and legal teams to support compliant, high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• RHIT credential required.
• Minimum five years of progressively responsible Health Information experience.
• Minimum three years of supervisory or management experience.
• Experience with electronic health records and healthcare regulatory compliance.
• Bachelor's degree in Health Information, Health Administration, or related field.
• RHIA credential required.
• Pediatric hospital experience preferred.
• Rehabilitation hospital experience preferred.
• Experience with CMS surveys, accreditation surveys, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Experience with hospital coding, clinical documentation improvement, and revenue cycle collaboration.
• Experience with Evident/Trubridge/Thrive CPSI EHR environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for the Health Information Department.
• Ensure integrity, confidentiality, and security of patient health information.
• Oversee medical records, coding, documentation compliance, and release of information.
• Lead Health Information Committee and regulatory response efforts.
• Maintain readiness for regulatory surveys and accreditation reviews.
• Develop department policies, budgets, and performance metrics.
• Collaborate with IT, clinical departments, compliance, and legal counsel.

Skills

Leadership

Regulatory compliance

HIPAA

EHR management

Coding

Quality improvement

Communication

Staff supervision

Data integrity

Regulatory surveys

Education

Bachelor's degree in Health Information or related field

RHIT credential

RHIA credential

Tools

CPSI EHR

Job description

JD McCarty Center is an organization that provides inpatient and outpatient therapy services to children with developmental disabilities. We are currently seeking a Health Information Director to join our team! The position requires a 40-hour work week with standard hours being Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.

On Site - Norman, Oklahoma

Salary: $65,000.00 - $75,000.00 based on experience

Position Summary

The Director of Health Information provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for the Health Information Department. The Director is responsible for ensuring the integrity, confidentiality, availability, security, and accuracy of the organization's health information in accordance with federal and state regulations, accreditation standards, and organizational policies.

The Director oversees all functions of the Health Information Department including medical record operations, coding, documentation compliance, release of information, physician deficiency management, health information privacy, record retention, quality improvement, and electronic health record (EHR) management. The Director serves as the organization's subject matter expert regarding Health Information and collaborates with physicians, clinical departments, administration, compliance, information technology, and legal counsel to support high-quality patient care and organizational compliance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Leadership and Department Operations

• Plans, organizes, directs, and evaluates all Health Information Department operations.
• Supervises, mentors, and evaluates Health Information personnel.
• Develops departmental goals, objectives, budgets, productivity standards, and performance measures.
• Develops, reviews, and updates departmental policies and procedures to ensure compliance with current regulatory requirements and organizational needs.
• Promotes continuous quality improvement within the department.
• In coordination with physician chairperson, facilities the required Hospital’s Health Information Committee, to include preparation of documents and reports for the meeting.

Health Information

• Ensures the integrity, completeness, confidentiality, availability, and security of all patient health information.
• Oversees medical record analysis, completion, authentication, chart assembly, document imaging, indexing, record retention, and record destruction in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Monitors physician documentation deficiencies and delinquent medical records, providing timely reports to medical staff leadership.
• Ensures medical records accurately reflect patient care and meet regulatory documentation standards.

Coding and Clinical Data Integrity

• Directs and oversees all inpatient and outpatient coding activities.
• Ensures accurate assignment of ICD-10-CM codes in accordance with Official Coding Guidelines, CMS regulations, payer requirements, and organizational policies.
• Collaborates with providers to improve clinical documentation necessary to support accurate coding and quality reporting.
• Maintains current knowledge of coding regulations and reimbursement methodologies.

Regulatory Compliance

• Ensures compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation, Oklahoma State Department of Health regulations, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, HITECH requirements, and applicable accreditation standards.
• Maintains continuous readiness for regulatory surveys and accreditation reviews.
• Coordinates departmental responses to survey findings and corrective action plans.
• Serves as the department's regulatory resource regarding documentation, record retention, privacy, and Health Information.

Privacy and Release of Information

• Serves as the Hospital’s HIPAA compliance officer and oversees the Health Information Privacy Program.
• Develops, implements, and monitors HIPAA privacy policies and procedures.
• Ensures compliance with Release of Information requirements, patient rights, subpoenas, legal requests, and authorization standards.
• Investigates potential breaches of protected health information and collaborates with Compliance and Legal Counsel regarding corrective actions to include any reporting as mandated by applicable laws, standards, and policies.
• Coordinates HIPAA education and ongoing privacy awareness programs for workforce members.

Electronic Health Record Management

• Serves as the Health Information subject matter expert for the electronic health record.
• Collaborates with Information Technology and clinical departments to improve documentation workflows, document management, scanning processes, data integrity, and system optimization.
• Participates in system upgrades, testing, workflow redesign, and implementation of health information initiatives.
• Serves as a member on the Hospital’s Electronic Health Record Committee.

Quality Improvement

• Develops, implements, monitors, and reports on performance of departmental Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) indicators.
• Collects, analyzes, and reports performance data.
• Identifies opportunities for process improvement and implements corrective actions.
• Provides routine reports to leadership and organizational committees regarding Health Information QAPI results.

Committee Participation

Serves as a member or chair of organizational committees including:

• Medical Records Committee
• Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Committee
• Electronic Health Record Committee
• Medical Staff Committees, as assigned
• Additional committees as designated by administration

Education and Collaboration

• Provides education to physicians, providers, clinical staff, and employees regarding documentation requirements, coding standards, HIPAA compliance, confidentiality, and Health Information practices.
• Collaborates with administration, medical staff, nursing, rehabilitation services, compliance, legal counsel, and information technology to improve organizational performance and regulatory compliance.

Other Duties

• Performs other duties as assigned consistent with the responsibilities of the position.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Comprehensive knowledge of:

• Health Information principles and practices
• Hospital medical record administration
• ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, and HCPCS coding systems
• Medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology
• CMS Conditions of Participation
• HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules
• Oklahoma healthcare regulations
• Electronic Health Record systems
• Release of Information requirements
• Health information privacy and confidentiality
• Quality improvement methodologies
• Regulatory survey preparedness

Ability to:

• Lead and supervise professional staff
• Interpret healthcare regulations and accreditation standards
• Analyze complex regulatory requirements
• Develop and implement departmental policies and procedures
• Prepare reports and performance metrics
• Communicate effectively with physicians, leadership, and interdisciplinary teams
• Manage multiple priorities while maintaining strict confidentiality
• Exercise sound judgment and professional discretion

Minimum Qualifications

Required

• Current Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) credential through the American Health Information Association (AHIMA).
• Minimum five (5) years of progressively responsible Health Information experience.
• Minimum three (3) years of supervisory or management experience.
• Experience with electronic health records and healthcare regulatory compliance.
• Bachelor's degree in Health Information, Health Administration, or related healthcare field.
• Current Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) credential through the American Health Information Association (AHIMA).
• Pediatric hospital experience.
• Rehabilitation hospital experience.
• Experience with CMS surveys, accreditation surveys, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Experience with hospital coding, clinical documentation improvement, and revenue cycle collaboration.
• Experience working in the Evident/Trubridge/Thrive CPSI electronic health record environment.

Benefits include

• Health Insurance Benefit allowance given or Opt Out allowance given with proof of health insurance.
• Optional insurance provided: Vision, Supplemental Life, and Dependent Health, Dental, and Life
• Flexible Spending plans available
• Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
• 3 weeks of Annual Leave and 3 weeks of Sick Leave per year
• 11 paid holidays per yearLongevity Bonusafter 2nd year of employment

Other benefit opportunities are available such as state employee discounts, continuing education, supplemental insurance plans, credit unions, on-site gym.

About the J.D. McCarty Center

At J.D. McCarty Center patients are admitted for a 30-day evaluation during which they are assigned a treatment team consisting of nursing unit, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, nutritional services, social services, psychological services, behavioral analysis, and recreational therapy. Our 80-acre campus includes 36 hospital beds, an on-site elementary, intermediate, and high school which is staffed by Norman Public School teachers. Patients may continue treatment needs beyond the 30-days as an in-patient in habilitation status based upon progress or placement needs.

We are a tobacco and vape free facility.