Director of Health Information Management

Overview

Acadia Healthcare is a leading provider of behavioral healthcare services across the United States. Acadia operates a growing network of 253 plus behavioral healthcare facilities with approximately 11,200 beds in 38 states and Puerto Rico. With more than 23,500 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.

Director of Health Information Management - Methodist Jennie Edmundson Behavioral Health Hospital

We are looking for our Director of Health Information Management at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Behavioral Health Hospital.

Methodist Health System, the region’s most established not-for-profit provider, has partnered with Acadia Healthcare, the nation’s largest standalone behavioral health company, to open a new 96-bed inpatient behavioral health hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. This marks Acadia’s first acute psychiatric facility in Iowa, expanding much-needed access to behavioral health services across Southwest Iowa and the Greater Omaha area. Just minutes from downtown Omaha, Council Bluffs blends small-town charm with city convenience—offering affordable living, great schools, and a strong sense of community—making it an ideal location for this important new facility.

Scheduled to open in June 2026, Methodist Jennie Edmundson Behavioral Health Hospital will offer a full continuum of inpatient and outpatient care for adults, seniors, and youth, including programs for mood disorders, dual diagnosis, geriatric psychiatry, child & adolescent care, PHP/IOP, and ECT. The facility will play a vital role in addressing the region’s significant behavioral health bed shortage.

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. 

Responsibilities

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.
• P repare 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.
  
  

Other Functions

• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• High school diploma or equivalent required . Bachelor ’s degree with specialization in health information administration preferred .
• Four or more year s' experience managing/supervisin g a medical record department required .
• Two or more years’ o f behavioral health experience preferred .
• W orking knowledg e 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.

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