Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist
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What you'll do
- Performs concurrent review process for all selected admissions to ensure documentation accurately reflects the severity of patient's illness
- Provide information and education as necessary to physicians and other care providers specific to DAP.
- Maintains a collaborative working relationship with team and with the Health Information Management department staff.
- Reviews, evaluates, analyzes and interprets data related to documentation from internal sources and external sources on an on-going basis
- Track and provide regular (monthly, other) report for mortality, queries, and case mix in support of hospital wide initiatives.
- Participates in organizational surveys that evaluate staff perception of safety.
- Seeks and participates in educational opportunities to improve job skills and program.
- Demonstrates knowledge of organizational safety priorities and their department specific application, methods of reporting safety concerns and opportunities.
- Identifies annually at least one implementable idea to improve patient, staff or environmental safety.
- Successfully answers safety questions in annual mandatory education program.
- Understands roles/responsibilities during hospital codes.
- Adheres to respiratory etiquette guidelines.
What they're looking for
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing with a license to practice professional nursing in Massachusetts
- Five (5) years nursing experience with coding education
- RN - Registered Nurse
- Excellent communication and critical thinking skills.
- Demonstrates leadership qualities such as the ability to motivate, teach, and facilitate individuals and groups on reaching the objectives of the program.
- Basic personal computer skills required.
Nice to have
- BSN preferred
- Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) experience preferred.
- CCS - Certified Coding Specialist
- Working knowledge of Medicare and Blue Cross inpatient reimbursement and coding structures is desired.
- Knowledge of care delivery documentation systems and related medical record documents desired.
- Knowledge of age-specific needs and the elements of disease processes and related procedures preferred.
- Prefer experience interacting with physicians and concurrent review with clinical records.
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Full description from employer
If you are an existing employee of South Shore Health then please apply through the internal career site.
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LOC0001 - 55 Fogg Road55 Fogg Road
Weymouth, MA 02190
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Compensation Pay Range:
$103,000.00 - $153,700.00
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
1. Performs concurrent review process for all selected admissions to ensure documentation accurately reflects the severity of patient’s illness
a. Produce worklists from Epic daily to review case on day 2 as well as daily throughout the patient’s stay. Patients admitted and discharged on the weekend will be reviewed in coding before the bill is dropped. Review all inpatient cases and observation or surgical day cases that has the potential to be converted to an inpatient admission
b. Identifies and records principle and secondary diagnoses, principle procedures, and assigns a working DRG on Documentation worksheet.
c. Identifies need to clarify documentation in records and initiates assertive communication with physician or other care provider by using the most appropriate communication method for that individual – physician documentation request, face to face contact, phone call, etc.
d. Inputs current DRG into Epic for all Medicare patients daily.
e. Inputs and reconciles queries on excel datasheet daily.
2. Provide information and education as necessary to physicians and other care providers specific to DAP.
a. Present overview of program to new physicians and other care providers at orientation
b. Follow up with new physicians who document in medical records in a one-to-one meeting
c. Provide ongoing information/education as necessary to physicians and other care providers not responding to documentation requests
d. Assist in providing feedback to medical staff regarding performance as it relates to accuracy of opportunities to improve documentation.
e. Continual medical staff education as a proactive measure.
3. Maintains a collaborative working relationship with team and with the Health Information Management department staff.
a. Perform focused reviews, both concurrently and retrospectively, to determine areas where information and/or education may be required for the team or members of the team to improve program effectiveness
b. Perform focused reviews, both concurrently and retrospectively, to determine areas where information and/or education may be required for physicians or other care providers to improve program effectiveness
c. Share pertinent coding and DRG reference materials (e.g. coding clinics)
d. Share pertinent clinical information (e.g. new drugs/treatments)
e. Identification of improvements needed by physicians with continued documentation needs to medical staff liaison for further action
4. Reviews, evaluates, analyzes and interprets data related to documentation from internal sources and external sources on an on-going basis
a. Identifies trends or potential problems and assists in developing action plans to address.
5. Track and provide regular (monthly, other) report for mortality, queries, and case mix in support of hospital wide initiatives.
6. Participates in organizational surveys that evaluate staff perception of safety.
7. Seeks and participates in educational opportunities to improve job skills and program.
8. Demonstrates knowledge of organizational safety priorities and their department specific application, methods of reporting safety concerns and opportunities.
9. Identifies annually at least one implementable idea to improve patient, staff or environmental safety.
10. Successfully answers safety questions in annual mandatory education program.
11. Understands roles/responsibilities during hospital codes.
12. Adheres to respiratory etiquette guidelines.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Minimum Education
Graduate from an accredited school of nursing with a license to practice professional nursing in Massachusetts
BSN preferred
Minimum Work Experience
Five (5) years nursing experience with coding education
Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) experience preferred.
Required License
RN - Registered Nurse
Preferred Certification
CCS - Certified Coding Specialist
Required additional Knowledge, and Abilities
Excellent communication and critical thinking skills.
Demonstrates leadership qualities such as the ability to motivate, teach, and facilitate individuals and groups on reaching the objectives of the program.
Working knowledge of Medicare and Blue Cross inpatient reimbursement and coding structures is desired.
Knowledge of care delivery documentation systems and related medical record documents desired.
Knowledge of age-specific needs and the elements of disease processes and related procedures preferred.
Self-motivated, innovative individual who has the ability to work in a time-oriented environment.
Prefer experience interacting with physicians and concurrent review with clinical records.
Basic personal computer skills required.
Day shift 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Responsibilities if Required:
Education if Required:
License/Registration/Certification Requirements:
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