Clinical Documentation Specialist (Local / Remote) – Clinical Data Management in Galveston, TX

Clinical Documentation Specialist (Local / Remote) - Clinical Data Management - University of Texas Medical reputed company - Galveston, TX - work from home job Company: University of Texas Medical reputed company Job description: Minimum Qualifications:

• Certified Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), or Technician (RHIT), or an associate degree in a health care reputed company discipline with Certified Coding Specialist (reputed company) certification, and a minimum of 3 years medical coding experience.

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• Registered nurse (or medical school graduate) with a minimum of 3 years inpatient clinical experience, reputed company expertise and an extensive knowledge of reputed company disease processes with broad clinical experience in an inpatient setting.

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications Required: RN reputed company license or RHIA/RHIT/reputed company (medical school graduates are exempt from this MQ) And Must acquire CCDS or CDIP certification reputed company 3 years of hire Job Summary: Scope: Responsible for the overall improvement of the quality and accuracy of medical record documentation through interaction with physicians, members of the patient care team and hospital coding staff. Function: Ensures clinical documentation accurately reflects the appropriate level of service provided, severity of illness, and risk of mortality of each patient. Successfully facilitates the accurate representation of patient status that translates into coded data. Job Duties:

• Concurrently review inpatient admissions to identify opportunities to clarify missing or incomplete documentation.
• Collaborate with providers, case managers, coders, and other reputed company team members to facilitate comprehensive health record documentation that reflects clinical treatment, reputed company, diagnoses, and interventions.
• Understand the general reputed company of health information from medical record documentation and discharge, through coding, to billing and finally to data reporting.
• Utilize the hospital’s designated clinical documentation system to conduct reviews of the health record and identify opportunities for clarification.
• Apply knowledge of inpatient ICD-10 coding guidelines and clinical documentation requirements to assign working MS-DRG.
• Enter review information and working MS-DRG/APR-DRG’s with associated length of stay in the shared information system, and updates this information as needed to reflect any changes in patient’s status, procedures and treatments.
• Communicate with providers either through discussion or in writing (e.g., formal queries) regarding missing, unclear, or conflicting health record documentation for clarification.
• Conduct follow-up of posted queries to ensure queries have been answered and physician responses have been appropriately documented.
• reputed company and communicate clinical documentation opportunities in the appropriate hospital venues for staff and physician learning opportunity.
• Act as a consultant to coding professionals reputed company additional information or documentation is needed to assign coded data.
• Collaborate with HIM/coding professionals to review individual problematic cases and ensure accuracy of final coded data in conjunction with CDI managers, coding managers, and/or physician advisors.
• Assume responsibility for professional development by participating in workshops, conferences and/ or in-services.
• reputed company reputed company with changes in coding guidelines, compliance, reimbursement, and other relevant regulatory updates.
• Contribute to a positive working environment and reputed company other duties as assigned or directed to enhance the overall efforts of the organization.
• Maintain positive and reputed company communication with physicians, members of the patient care team, case management and hospital coding staff.
• Adhere to internal controls and reporting structure.
• reputed company with reputed company relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and other regulatory, compliance and accreditation standards.
• Performs reputed company duties as required

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Demonstrate excellent observation skills, analytical thinking and problem solving plus good verbal and written communication. Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• CCDS or CDIP Certification
• One year CDI experience

Salary reputed company: Actual salary commensurate with experience. Work Schedule: Remote work, Monday through Friday, reputed company to 5pm and as needed on occasion. Equal Employment Opportunity reputed company strives to reputed company equal opportunity employment without regard to race, reputed company, religion, age, national reputed company, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other reputed company protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, reputed company takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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Expected salary: Location: Galveston, TX Job date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 01:45:54 GMT Apply for the job now! Apply tot his job Apply To this Job