Robert J. Powers Email & Phone Number

Malverne, Ny, Us

7 World Trade Center

I work with Moody's Document Serives all over the world with staff in London, Frankfurt and Hong Kong

Manage and oversee a staff of 12 in the daily operation of document and records collection of financial, legal and corporate information including budget development, staff performance review, salary recommendations, new hires and related Human Resource issues.Establish, implement and train company employees in the U.S. and international offices on all records retention policies and procedures for current and any new records retention systems.Project Manager for the design and implementation of tracking systems for both paper and electronic imaging of records. Liaison to senior management, company auditors, legal department, overseas offices, Information Technology and vendors. Establish project budget and program parameters. Continued evaluation of processes in use and recommendations for enhancements.Company wide record retention audits and systems review both for U.S and international operations to ensure compliance with company, legal and local statutory requirements.Currently implementing a successful upgrade and enhancement of the company-wide records retention tracking system to better suit the needs of company analysts, auditors and legal staff.Evaluated and redistributed off-site records vendor for significant company savings.

Managed staff and daily workflow of all company printing requests. Worked with Creative Services team for complete customer requests.

HIPPA Privacy Officer/Internal Auditor/Records Manager

Reported directly to facility Executive Director, Clinic Director and Chief of Intake Services.Established and implemented HIPAA and medical records retention policies and procedures.Conducted regular chart reviews and audits across programs to ensure contract compliance to established records retention and HIPAA procedures.Chaired Quality Management quarterly meetings as well as prepared reports of the meetings including identification of trends to report to the Board of Directors.Reviewed, evaluated and audited Special Review and Incident reports to ensure that proper reporting protocol and follow up procedures were completed.Coordinated HIPAA, Medicaid and Child & Welfare audits with State and Federal agencies.

Document Management Group

Managed all aspects of the daily operation of the Health Information Management Unit including management of staff, performance review appraisals, and salary recommendations, creation of new staff positions and promotions of staff.Reported directly to; Supervised and controlled all patient chart activity from admission to discharge. Coordinated interaction and communication between doctors, counselors, nursing, staff administration, the Division of Family Services, patients and their guardians, as necessary.Monitored off-site storage of all patient charts. Coordinate and negotiate contracts with vendors, as necessary - i.e. - off-site storage, technology consultants, and print & copy vendors.HIPAA coordinator - responsibilities included establishment of internal policies and procedures in compliance with the federal regulation. Implemented, trained and facilitated new procedures with all units including continued monitoring for compliance assurance and updates.Participated in senior level management committees such as Leadership Council, Performance Improvement Committee and Safety Committee.Successful volunteer projects outside of the Health Information duties such as: Coordinated Sprint Corporation's donation of office furniture; Contracted a student from the Kansas City Art Institute to create, design and paint a large mural in conjunction with the student patient's art therapy program; Co-Chaired an extremely successful United Way campaign and other fund-raising efforts with local businesses and private donations.

Documented collected, tracked and evaluated legal and company documents for trial and release as required by law for trials. Monitored the collection project's progress until completion. On-site supervision of the project with vendor to set up collection site, hire and train staff members, number and image the client's documents for electronic storage.Managed trial deposition archive including the review and documentation of new depositions, retrieve and copy documents for production as well as track and update inventory.Archived all documents collected on imaging system and hard copy to oversize and non-standard media such as videos, computer disks, CD-ROMs, etc. Tracked and reviewed new document activity of requested documents.

Investment Records / Corporate Archives / Institutional RecordsManaged a staff of fourteen including the supervisors of three units; worked with staff to oversee workflow process, document management, and needed enhancements.Designed and implemented a complete Y2K inventory system included enhancements to fax and imaging linking corporate customers.Evaluated, redesigned and updated file tracking systems and off-site storage analysis for cost efficiency and expedience of document retrieval.Created and implemented Task Force, which evaluated service requirements, surveyed corporate customer base, adapted and implemented changes to policies and procedures to increase and fulfill customer satisfaction and needs.

Bachelor Of Science Degree, Business Management

Business Management

Bs, Business Management

Business Management