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176340
HEALTH INFORMATION COORDINATOR SUPERVISOR A
MS513     $43,784 - $78,790
Creation Date: 01/05/2024
Change Date: 01/08/2024

FUNCTION OF WORK:
To supervise the collection, preparation, maintenance, storage, and processing of patient information and data.
LEVEL OF WORK:
Supervisor.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Direct from a Health Information Coordinator Supervisor B or other higher-level agency personnel.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
Director over Health Information Coordinators and other lower-level staff.
LOCATION OF WORK:
Statewide.
JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from Health Information Coordinator 3 by the presence of direct supervision.
 
Differs from Health Information Coordinator Supervisor B by the absence of second-line supervision. Other reporting relationships may be approved by SCS.
EXAMPLES OF WORK:
EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Supervises the admission/screening functions, work production, and workflow; organizes and directs the work of subordinates engaged in various activities such as interviewing patients, recording and revising data, and utilizing a computer and specialized programs.

Supervises the auditing and coding process by assigning and training subordinates in accordance with policy.

Accumulates and maintains data for confidential reports specific to facility. 

Coordinates the maintenance of medical records system in assigned facility, including the establishment and retention of records in compliance with policy. 

Advises employees in the effective completion of complex cases such as insurance and patient behavioral problems. 

Supervises the preparation and use of health information in legal proceedings.

Supervises the destruction of health records. 

Schedules and assigns subordinates to various areas within the department depending on patient loads and staffing patterns.

Recommends changes in policies and procedures for approval by administrative personnel; ensures proper implementation of new or modified policies and procedures.

Evaluates and counsels subordinates on the completeness, accuracy, and quality of their work.

Supervises the training of new employees and evaluates training programs; creates and updates training manuals; develops teaching aids and assesses the need for additional training. 

Supervises the control, use, and release of health information.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Four years of experience in which clerical work was a major duty. Three years of experience must have been in a medical setting.
 
SUBSTITUTIONS:
Training in a business or clerical-related curriculum in a business school or technical institute will substitute for the required experience on the basis of six months of training for six months of experience.
 
Completion of a business or clerical-related curriculum in a business school or technical institute will substitute for one year of the required general experience 
 
College training will substitute for the required experience on the basis of 15 semester hours for six months of experience.
 
NOTE: 
Business or technical school training with less than completion will only be credited in six month increments. Similarly, college training will only be credited in 15 semester hour increments.
 
NOTE:
Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.