CDI Consultant (FT) - Smarter DX Experience Required

About the role

At e4health, we Empower Better Health. The e4health Team is on a relentless mission to care for those teams who care for others. We bring our passion, ingenuity, and expertise to every engagement. In joining our Team, we want your help to provide our customers with powerful solutions in the pursuit of quality, integrity, clinical and financial value across healthcare. Our People make the difference. Serving more than 400 hospitals and health systems nationwide for nearly two decades, e4health provides solutions to tackle the toughest problems in healthcare with unmatched technology, mid-revenue cycle, and operational expertise. e4health solutions streamline clinical, financial, and health information data and workflows, optimize coding, quality, and clinical documentation integrity processes, and address health IT operational challenges to deliver material results for healthcare organizations across the country. Learn more about us at www.e4.health. The Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Consultant will provide timely reviews of patient medical records to ensure accurate and complete documentation to reflect the patient’s severity and complexity of illness. The CDI Consultant is expected to work with providers and coders to ensure that documentation on the chart reflects the complexity of the patient. The ability to educate and interact with providers is essential.

Responsibilities

• Review medical records as assigned for complete and accurate documentation of all relevant diagnoses and procedures
• Initiate and complete queries as necessary to reflect accurate data regarding the patient’s inpatient or outpatient visit
• Adhere to guidelines as set forth by ACDIS, AAPC, and AHIM
• Maintain strict confidentiality of all patient information in accordance with HIPAA
• Demonstrate understanding of the business of healthcare: DRG payer issues, audit risks, documentation opportunities, quality metrics, hierarchical condition categories
• Work closely with the client, co-workers, and management to meet the specific needs of each assignment in alignment with core values
• Effectively utilize computer software based on the specific client requirements

Requirements

• 3+ years of clinical documentation experience
• Smarter DX experience
• Current RN license

Skills

• Strong analytical skills to clinically evaluate the medical record
• Ability to use a PC for medical record review
• Proficiency utilizing Microsoft products (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Ability to communicate effectively with e4health management and clients
• Physical demands: sitting, talking, hearing and near vision required over 90% of the time; feeling required over 90% of the time; reaching required about 50% of the time; ability to travel to field sites up to 15% of the time
• Working conditions: over 90% of time spent indoors with protection from weather; exposure to distracting or uncomfortable noise levels only in unusual situations

Qualifications

• CCDS or CDIP certification preferred
• BSN, in addition to RN license, preferred
• Maryland APR-DRG experience preferred

Benefits

We offer an excellent salary, full benefits package including 401(k) with company match, medical, dental, vision, life, short/long term disability insurance, and PTO policy.