Heather Lindsey Email Address

Enterprise HIM and CDI Director

Founded as the Baroness Erlanger Hospital in 1889 in Chattanooga, Erlanger Health System (EHS) operates 643 staffed inpatient beds at five principal campuses; the University Hospital, Children's Hospital at Erlanger, Erlanger North Hospital (Erlanger North), Erlanger East Hospital (Erlanger East), and Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital, located in Pikeville, Tenn. EHS provides Level 1 trauma services, Level IV NICU services, and is affiliated with the University of Tennessee College of Medicine as the region's only academic teaching hospital. EHS serves the four-state region of eastern Tennessee, northeastern Alabama, northwestern North Carolina and northwestern Georgia. EHS recently entered into a clinical affiliation with Vanderbilt University Medical Center and is a member of the Vanderbilt Health Affiliation Network. Total revenues were $803 million in fiscal 2016 (year-ended June 30).

Responsible for managing all operations of the Health Information Management Department including Hospital and Physician Coding and Reimbursement, Clinical Documentation Improvement, Transcription, Medical Record Completion, Physician Suspension, Forms Management, Data Integrity, and Release of Information.