Health Information Manager Job Description Template

The health information manager oversees patient records, their accuracy, accessibility and governance. The role covers coding quality, release of information, retention and the regulatory obligations that attach to health records, and it carries responsibility for both compliance and the practical availability of records when clinicians need them.Compliance and practical availability pull against each other more often than people outside the function tend to expect.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage health information services and the team delivering them
• Oversee record accuracy, completeness and timely documentation
• Manage release of information and its compliance requirements
• Oversee clinical coding quality and its audit
• Maintain record retention and destruction policy
• Manage master patient index integrity and duplicate resolution
• Support privacy compliance and respond to access requests
• Analyze documentation quality and support improvement
• Manage vendor relationships for coding and transcription services
• Prepare for and support regulatory surveys and audits

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in health information management or a related field

Required Skills and Experience

• 5+ years in health information management including supervision
• Registered health information administrator or technician credential
• Detailed knowledge of health record regulation and retention requirements
• Understanding of clinical coding and documentation standards
• Experience managing release of information processes
• Ability to manage master patient index integrity
• Strong compliance and audit readiness practice
• Team leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Coding credential in addition to the management credential
• Experience with an EHR transition