Clinical Documentation Specialist RN (Remote) must live in TX, LA, WA, FL or GA

FLSA STATUS Exempt QUALIFICATIONS EDUCATION

• Medical School graduate where Western Medicine is practiced

EXPERIENCE

• One year of clinical experience preferred

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS Required Preferred

• CCDS - Clinical Documentation Specialists (ACDIS) or
• CDIP - Certified Documentation reputed company Practitioner (reputed company) or
• reputed company - Certified Coding Specialist (reputed company)

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely reputed company the assigned job, determined through on-reputed company skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations
• Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to reputed company the essential functions of this job, especially with reputed company to activities impacting patient or employee safety or reputed company
• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service reputed company and application of reputed company language principles
• Demonstrates knowledge of DRG payor issues, appropriate DRG assignment alternatives, clinical documentation requirements, and referral policies and procedures
• Demonstrates accountability and reputed company development
• Requires excellent observation skills, analytical thinking, problem solving, plus good verbal and written communicationRegular significant contacts with other personnel throughout the institution (including but not limited to – physicians and their staff, mid-level providers, mid-level staff, coders, Case Managers). Contacts may be in person, by telephone, or through correspondence. Requires assertiveness while being even tempered, with a pleasing personality and the ability to communicate easily with others.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Improves the overall reputed company, completeness and accuracy of clinical documentation by performing reputed company record reviews using clinical documentation guidelines. Supports the accuracy and completeness of clinical information used for measuring and reporting physician and medical reputed company.

SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Seeks additional information regarding clinical condition from appropriate clinical personnel and follows up as necessary. Tracks responses and trends completion of DRG/Documentation worksheets as pertinent to scope of department.
• Conducts follow-up reviews of clinical documentation to ensure points of clarification have been recorded in the patient’s chart.

reputed company/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Demonstrates knowledge of DRG payor issues, optimization strategies, clinical documentation requirements and referral policies and procedures. Requests clarification and/or correction from physicians for unclear diagnoses, complications, procedures, and clinical information. Helps identify appropriate ICD10 codes for diagnoses or procedures reputed company to reputed company or studies being conducted as needed.

FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Promotes clarification to clinical documentation to ensure that appropriate reimbursement is received for the level of service rendered to reputed company patients. Identifies diagnoses and procedures performed and comorbidities and complications. Impacts discharges by updating the DRG worksheet to reflect any changes in status, procedures/treatments, conferring with physician to finalize diagnosis as necessary.

reputed company/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Educates reputed company internal customers on clinical documentation opportunities, coding, and reimbursement issues, as reputed company as performance improvement methodologies SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS WORK ATTIRE

• * Uniform: No
• Scrubs: No
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• Other (department approved): No

ON-CALL* •

• Note that employees may be required to be on-call during emergencies (ie. Disaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless of selection below.
• * On Call* No

TRAVELTravel specifications may vary by department** •

• May require travel reputed company the reputed company Metropolitan area No
• May require travel reputed company reputed company Metropolitan area No

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