Ambulatory CDI Specialist
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About the role
... company overview and job summary ...
Responsibilities
- ... each duty ...
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About the role
Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer. Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.
The Ambulatory Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Specialist is responsible for conducting comprehensive prospective and retrospective reconciliation reviews of ambulatory medical records to identify and capture documented and potential Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) diagnoses and autosuggested conditions impacting HCC coding and Risk Adjustment Factor (RAF) scores. The specialist will query providers to ensure accurate and complete documentation that supports HCC and condition-related diagnoses, ultimately enhancing RAF score accuracy and improving risk adjustment outcomes. In this role, the CDI Specialist is responsible for facilitating improvement in the overall quality and completeness of medical record documentation on a prospective basis. The CDI Specialist promotes modifications to medical record documentation to ensure accurate depiction of the level of clinical services provided to the patient and to completely describe patients’ severity of illness. The CDI Specialist obtains appropriate clinical documentation through collaborative communications from having developed positive working relationships with physicians, nursing staff, other patient care providers, and the coders. The CDI Specialist is also responsible for providing informal and formal education to all members of the care team regarding clinical documentation.
Responsibilities
- Validate the accurate assignment of working HCC diagnoses affecting RAF scores within the ambulatory patient population by collaborating with physicians and advanced practice providers.
- Conduct thorough prospective reviews of selected ambulatory patient records, documenting all relevant findings and tracking key information throughout the process.
- Identify areas where documentation requires clarification and engage with physicians, advanced practice providers, and other healthcare professionals to resolve discrepancies.
- Maintain strict confidentiality of patient information and hospital and physician practice data in accordance with privacy regulations.
- Assure all documentation is accurate, complete, and compliant, supporting acute or chronic conditions and medical necessity. This helps improve patient outcomes and supports risk adjustment needs.
- Develop and sustain positive working relationships with providers, advanced practice providers, administrators, and revenue cycle partners to promote the success of the CDI program.
- Use strong communication skills to connect CDI workflow and processes, driving results through the ambulatory CDI program.
- Understanding of payment structures, outpatient reimbursement models, and the impact of provider documentation on ICD-10-CM and HCC risk adjustment, ensuring compliance with reporting standards for claims submission.
- Develop presentations for providers individually and in groups to understand the importance of CDI and requirements within the outpatient clinic settings.
- Able to effectively prioritize tasks such as documentation reviews, provider education, and program deadlines.
- Stay up to date with industry standards by participating in internal and external continuing education related to HCC documentation, ICD-10-CM coding, AHA Coding Clinics, and Official Coding Guidelines.
- Utilize software and other technology tools to prioritize tasks, collect and analyze data, and monitor program effectiveness and outcome reporting.
- Perform other duties as assigned.