Acadia Healthcare is a leading provider of behavioral healthcare services across the United States. Acadia operates a growing network of 250 plus behavioral healthcare facilities with approximately 11,100 beds in 39 states and Puerto Rico. With more than 23,000 employees serving approximately 75,000 patients daily, Acadia is the largest stand-alone behavioral health company in the U.S.

Acadia Healthcare’s purpose is to Lead Care with Light and our mission is to be a world-class organization that sets the standard for excellence in the treatment of mental health and addiction concerns. We strive to maintain our standing as a thought leader in the behavioral healthcare industry, providing treatment that is synonymous with compassion and innovation. 

We are looking for our onsite Director of Health Information Management in Greenville, NC. 

Acadia Healthcare and ECU Health Behavioral Health Hospital have partnered to establish a state-of-the-art, two-story, 144-bed behavioral health hospital in Greenville, NC. This new facility will help meet the urgent need for accessible, high-quality psychiatric care in the region, expanding capacity to support patients with diverse mental health needs. Set to open in Summer 2025, the hospital—located just under a mile from ECU Health Medical Center—will offer a full range of inpatient and intensive outpatient services. Additionally, it will host GME and residency programs in psychiatry and internal medicine for ECU Health’s Brody School of Medicine, advancing medical education and training in behavioral health. Adults, seniors, children, and adolescents facing acute mental health challenges, including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, PTSD, and co-occurring disorders, will have access to specialized treatment and support at this center of excellence.

What would you do in this role?

​Responsible for the overall leadership and management of the Health Information Management Department (HIM) in the capacity of planning, organizing and managing electronic and paper clinical content, electronic data integrity, accessibility, use, and protection of health information.  

***This is an ONSITE role only***

​ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 

• ​Maintain department productivity, quality and efficiency for all processes within the department. 
• ​Responsible for information governance to ensure facility-wide health data integrity, privacy, and security. 
• ​Implement processes and systems to support accurate and complete medical record documentation. 
• ​Oversee and assist with data collection, storage, retrieval, assembly, analysis, filing and retention of medical records/data. 
• ​Prepare and analyze clinical data for research purposes, process improvement, utilization management, mandatory reporting, and more. 

• ​Provide staff management to including hiring, development, training, performance management and communication to ensure effective and efficient department operation. 
• ​Work with physicians to improve the quality of documentation. 
• ​Work with coding staff to ensure accurate coding for reimbursement and clinical care. 
• ​Oversee data collection, storage, retrieval, filing and retention of medical records/data. 
• ​Audit records and data for accuracy, compliance and timeliness.  Review results with administration, medical, nursing and clinical staff. 

• ​Ensure documentation is filed in the medical records in an accurate and timely manner and ensure that the medical record is complete (including signatures) and closed within facility guidelines.  
• ​Interface with inside/outside legal counsel regarding content of medical records. 
• ​Work as liaison between facility and transcription vendor to ensure high quality, accurate, complete and timeliness of transcribed documents. 
• ​Ensure HIM Key Indicators are tracked and reported monthly to the Performance Improvement Committee.  
• ​Ensure State Reporting is accurate, complete and reported timely. 

• ​May oversee and/or complete coding according to current ICD and/or CPT coding classifications. 
• ​May serve as the facility Privacy Officer. 

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​OTHER FUNCTIONS:  

• ​Perform other functions and tasks as assigned. 

​EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS: 

• ​High school diploma or equivalent required.  Bachelor’s degree with specialization in health information administration preferred.   

• ​Four or more years' experience managing/supervising a medical record department required.    
• ​Two or more years’ of behavioral health experience preferred.   
• ​Working knowledge in ICD-10-PCS and DSM IV coding systems required. 

​LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:  

• ​Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) required or ability to obtain within six months of hire date. 

• ​Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) preferred. 

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.