Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist II

About the role

At SCP Health, you have the opportunity to make a significant impact. Our team works to bridge hospitals and healthcare providers, focusing on clinical effectiveness across various specialties.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

• Advise and educate clients on current documentation/coding requirements.
• Counsel clinicians on quality documentation and resolve external chart queries.
• Analyze coding and billing data to identify outliers and provide education.
• Support the seamless implementation of the EMR documentation strategic plan.
• Participate in clinician meetings and company-wide initiatives.
• Conduct audits and present monthly facility report cards.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Maintain knowledge of EMR's like Allscripts, Cerner, etc.
• Experience with Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Urgent Care documentation and coding guidelines.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience with one or more EMR's: Cerner, EPIC, Medhost, or Meditech.

Education

• Bachelor's degree - required.
• Health Information Management.
• Nursing or another related field.

Supervision Exercised

None.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of job-specific experience in hospital or physician practice environments.
• Experience with Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Urgent Care documentation and coding guidelines preferred.
• Experience with EMR's: Cerner, EPIC, Medhost, or Meditech.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Suite such as Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Contacts

• Internal: feedback and education, auditing, EMR, training, and reporting metrics.
• External: feedback, education, EMR feedback, training, auditing, communicating errors and responding to reviews/issues, Provider Finance and Analytics.
• External Customer Facing: clinicians education and feedback, EMR training, reporting metrics.
• Facility Leaders / HIM: report metrics, auditing, education, and feedback, EMR training, communication.

Work Environment And Physical Demands

• Works independently at client sites/hospitals.
• Intermittent travel averaging 40% - 75%.
• Continuous sitting, continuous oral & written communication and listening skills, continuous computer use.
• Occasional bending, kneeling, lifting, pulling & pushing up to 10 pounds.

Pay Range

$50,751.00 - $72,120.00 USD annually.