Clinical Documentation Improvement Lead

About the role

The Revenue Cycle Lead, CDI serves as an expert resource for staff and assists supervisory staff in assigned area with workflow and day-to-day operations. This position supports organizational goals by identifying opportunities to partner with providers for documentation education and feedback.

Responsibilities

• Supports workflow and day-to-day operations to ensure department goals are met.
• Conducts training and mentoring sessions for new and existing staff.
• Assists employees with day-to-day questions, issues, or problems and escalates identified systemic issues to supervisor.
• Manages own assigned work queue(s).
• Validates monthly reporting for staff, providers, and leadership.

Requirements

• Minimum three years' experience required as a CDI specialist.
• Associate or Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Medical Graduate degree or Associate/Bachelor Degree in other clinical health profession.
• Minimum of three years hands-on clinical experience either obtained through clinical experience in nursing (i.e. RN, BSN), medical school, respiratory therapy, physicians assistant, or residency or 5 years of inpatient acute care medical coding experience.
• Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) or Clinical Documentation Improvement Practitioner (CDIP) certifications required.
• Prior experience in CDI at a large academic medical center preferred.

Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge and experience in clinical record reviews, 3M encoder coding systems, DRG system, and Epic EHR system.
• Expert level working knowledge of ICD-10 CM/PCS coding conventions and SOI/ROM required.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office; Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Ability to work independently and as a team member.
• Effective problem-solving skills required.

Skills

• Strong working knowledge of clinical record reviews, coding systems, and EHR systems.
• Expert level knowledge of ICD-10 CM/PCS coding conventions and SOI/ROM.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to work independently and as a team member.
• Effective problem-solving skills.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.