- Promotes the mission, vision, and values of the organization - Establishes, reviews, and updates short and long-term goals in order to be consistent with hospital wide plans and to achieve the goals and strategic plan of LHRC - Establishes specific and necessary planning, control and performance improvement mechanisms that monitors patient care, administrative and economic outcomes Directs the overall activities of the Medical Record Department by: - Establishing specific &amp; necessary planning; - Maintaining, training and evaluating sufficient staff; - Developing and maintaining control mechanisms that monitor patient care and administrative and economic outcomes. - Directs the activities of personnel under their supervision. - Maintains sufficient, trained staff to adequately fulfill the requirements of the department. - Organizes department hierarchy/structure in a manner that results in efficiency, effectiveness and responsiveness. - Maintains a sensitive, fair, and impartial approach to dealing with employees - Develops and maintains channels of two-way communication with employees and performs departmental in-service training - Establishes and monitors standards of performance among all subordinates and ensures that standards are being consistently met - Improves subordinate performance through on-going counselling, coaching, delegation, and feedback practices - Conducts department-wide meetings to maintain two-way communication, problem solving, and information passing Directs the essential functions of the Medical Record Department, including but not limited to: - Performs internal chart audits - Maintains an appropriate turnaround time for coding, transcription and release of information. - Ensures the quality of medical records by verifying their completeness, accuracy, and proper entry into computer systems. - Develops processes, preferably through E.H.R system, to transfer patient records to other health care providers and other facilities and ensure that appropriate requests and authorizations are completed. - Codes or supervises coding for all patient types, both in-house and out-sourced. Provides sufficient training and sets standards of proper coding to retain maximum reimbursement. Directs coding audits as necessary. - Maintains specific and necessary controls to ensure confidentiality of patient medical records. Strictly adheres to HIPAA policies and performs or supervises the duties of the HIPAA Officer - Represents the hospital in court cases involving subpoena of medical records - Assumes the responsibility for successfully fulfilling standards and criteria of licensing and accrediting agencies - Stays abreast of regulatory requirements, coding and reimbursement changes. - Maintains regulatory requirements including all state &amp; federal regulations related to HIMS and, as appropriate, to the facility. - Interacts with other departments within the hospital to ensure the quality and completeness of patient medical records. - Reports delinquent medical records to administration in coordination with the medical staff bylaws - Interact positively with members of the medical staff by cultivating liaisons and promoting interaction - Attends meetings, prepares reports and analyzes and provides recommendations in a timely and accurate manner - Recognizes the importance of financial responsibility and develops a budget for the department. - Develops comprehensive realistic annual budgets that reflect departmental needs based on external and internal environments and the application of cost-effective management. - Develops and determines annually a capital budget for administrative approval. - Consults with CFO of any significant changes in budget requirements.

Cochin/Kochi

Kerala

 Lakeshore Hospital - Manager - Medical Records 

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