Manager- Outpatient Clinical Documentation Improvement

About the role

The Outpatient Clinical Documentation (CDI) Manager is responsible for managing, coordinating, and performing day-to-day operations for the outpatient clinical documentation improvement program across the multi-facility integrated healthcare delivery system.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations including personnel management, education, training, productivity, work assignments, quality reviews, and report management for the Outpatient CDI program
• Act as a liaison for physicians, medical group leadership, clinical and ancillary departments regarding appropriate clinical documentation, coding rules and regulations, HCC Coding and Risk Adjustment analysis and reimbursement guidelines
• Actively work with organizational leadership to plan, design, test, implement, and evaluate integrated revenue cycle systems and solutions that support and enhance business practice, administrative and management needs
• Facilitate and promote standardization across Henry Ford Health System and ensure alignment of high quality documentation and coding that supports compliant and accurate medical record documentation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or Healthcare Administration, or Bachelor's Degree in Art or Science with a medical focus
• Five (5) years clinical operations experience as evidenced by Acute or Ambulatory Nursing and/or Coding and CDI experience directly related to revenue coding and reimbursement for hospital or physician services
• Significant project management experience and outstanding analytical, communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to teach complex technical/analytical concepts to physicians, system leadership, management and staff
• Analytical ability necessary to conduct basic research, analyze and interpret data, evaluate processes and propose improvements
• Ability to manage, coordinate, and lead simultaneously
• Ability to estimate time frames and meet projected deadlines
• Ability to understand and lead change
• Ability to develop strong working and collaborative relationships with physician leaders in clinical and academic settings
• Demonstrates clinical and/or coding competence
• Demonstrate experience in all areas of medical record functions, including privacy & compliance regulations
• Demonstrates strong knowledge of ICD-10 CM/PCS conventions, rules and regulations

Certifications

• Registered Nurse (RN or BSN) and/or Coding Certification required
• Coding Certification may be CPC, CCS, RHIT, or RHIA

Additional Information

• This position is remote, however occasional travel is needed in Michigan
• The candidate must live in Michigan or Northern Ohio
• In this position you need to be a nurse with a coding certification or non nurse with coding background and also have a coding certification