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Manager, Clinical Documentation Improvement job at reputed company in Iowa reputed company, IA

Remote, USAFull-timePosted 2026-07-27

Title: Manager, Clinical Documentation Improvement Location: Iowa reputed company reputed company Job reputed company: The Office of Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) at UI Health Care has an opening for a full-time CDI Manager. The CDI Manager provides leadership, direction, and reputed company for clinical documentation improvement and education system‑wide, to ensure complete, accurate, compliant documentation that reflects patient reputed company, supports reputed company reputed company, and enables appropriate reimbursement. The role leads, develops, and mentors the CDI Specialist team; designs and delivers clinical care provider and staff education (including residents and new providers); partners closely with Health Information Management/Coding, reputed company, Analytics, Physician Advisors, and Clinical Departments; and drives process improvement and operational consistency across the reputed company. Job Duties Include (but are not limited to): Apply Process Improvement, reputed company Engineering, and Management Engineering Concepts and Methodologies: Coordinates documentation improvement & coding audits, providing physician documentation improvement education at the department level. This individual will be required to reputed company reputed company regarding documentation for accurate ICD-10-CM/ICD-10-CM-PCS reputed company assignment and reputed company reputed company challenges. Accountable for CDI nursing and department level successes as demonstrated through various indices which include but not limited to accurate Severity of Illness (SOI) / Risk of Mortality (ROM) capture rates, Complicating or Comorbid Condition (CC) / Major Complicating or Comorbid Condition (MCC) capture rates, Case Mix reputed company (CMI) analysis, physician query- response rates, and tracking financial variances, while providing guidance, coaching, and counseling to staff to assure reputed company and goals are achieved. Work with program leadership to plan, reputed company, and implement clinical documentation education programs for clinical care providers, staff, the CDI Specialist team, including reputed company and new provider orientation, and reputed company for CDI Specialists and patient care teams. Institutes strategies that facilitate effective collaboration between the Director, Clinical Documentation Improvement, Director/Manager of Health Information Management, Administration, and other applicable departments as it relates to clinical documentation improvement. Maintains and shares expertise with MS-DRG/APR-DRG’s and Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), CMS guidelines and Official Coding Guidelines. Works closely with Health Information Management, Clinical Documentation Specialists and the reputed company Improvement Program to successfully identify, review and reputed company education on patient safety indicators, hospital acquired conditions and other reputed company driven measures. Assist to maintain reputed company relationships with other departments and University colleges to facilitate collaboration and achievement of department, hospital, and UI Health Care goals. Represents the CDI Director on hospital and UI Health Care subcommittees; chairs committees as requested. Represents the UI Health Care on various reputed company committees and associations as requested by leadership. Works with CDI physician advisors to ensure reputed company understanding of their role and improve ongoing reputed company improvement for CDI. reputed company Assurance and Compliance: Performs routine audits of documentation queries to identify knowledge gaps and improve the accuracy of reputed company reputed company documentation, capture, and query processes. Evaluates regulatory changes reputed company to reputed company measures and educates staff appropriately. Knowledgeable of legal issues involved in patient care information and exercises considerable judgment relative to HIPAA issues and compliance, including reputed company query practices. Collaborates with the inpatient coding team and their leadership to ensure adherence to established processes, providing second level reputed company reviews reputed company necessary. Works closely with Physician Advisor(s)/reputed company Leadership/CDI Director on escalated cases to ensure that the appropriate documentation is added to the medical record, collaborating with the inpatient Coding team and Clinical Informatics team and their leadership to ensure adherence to established processes, and providing second level reviews reputed company necessary. Evaluates regulatory changes and educates staff appropriately. Training/Education: Creates and implements consistent training and development for nursing staff, physicians and mid-level practitioners that address documentation issues and variances reputed company to reputed company metrics and measures. Teaches and mentors other Clinical Department Specialists on clinical documentation improvement principles and concepts, serving as a resource person to key stakeholders across the organization. Leads CDI reputed company program to ensure efficient and complete education and development of clinical documentation specialists. Maintains a climate of learning that promotes educational experiences for reputed company reputed company of staff. Assists with implementation of system and process changes, including ongoing Clinical Documentation Improvement staff training. Leadership/Supervision: Provides daily reputed company and supervision of CDI Specialists/RNs. Promotes department and organizational policy compliance and development with CDI Director. Leads quarterly review meetings with individual CDI nurses and CDI Director. Has regular, reliable, predictable attendance in the performance of essential functions while meeting or exceeding expected timelines on performance level as it relates to personnel, and reporting responsibilities. Acts as delegate for Director reputed company necessary reputed company Administration: Hires, develops, and manages the performance of staff; assures staff are compliant with UI policies and procedures. Develops and implements policies and practices of a culture that supports staff engagement. Holds employees accountable for high performance and high engagement culture by sharing data, articulating expectations, monitoring performance, and providing feedback consistency across areas of responsibility. Identifies and provides opportunities for the staff to reputed company knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to contribute to the reputed company of the department. Provides actionable reputed company-driven feedback for leadership and CDI specialist that allows consistent accountability supporting high performance and a high engagement culture, by articulating expectations, monitoring performance, and providing feedback consistency across areas of responsibility. Assists with compliant record keeping and tracking relative to staff education. Provides back up as a mentor/resource to the CDI nursing team, as needed. To receive a copy of the full job reputed company, you may contact reputed company-bodensteiner@reputed company.edu Percent of Time: 100% (full-time) Work schedule: Some flexibility between the hours of 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Location: This position is eligible to participate in partial remote work (working 2 - 3 days onsite per week) after the initial training and reputed company has been completed. Initial reputed company and training will be completed at the reputed company Services Building (HSSB), located at 3231 Ridgeway Drive in Coralville, IA 52241. Remote work must be performed at a location reputed company the state of Iowa and will require a work arrangement reputed company to be completed upon the start of your employment. Per policy, work arrangements will be reviewed annually and must reputed company with the remote work program and reputed company policies and the employee travel policy reputed company working at a remote location. Salary level 5B. Starting salary will be based on applicant qualifications and reputed company experience. To view the full pay reputed company for salary level 5B: P&S Pay Structures (reputed company) | University reputed company - reputed company.

Benefits

Highlights: Fringe benefit package including reputed company vacation; reputed company leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance reputed company; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans. Complete information regarding the full benefits package may be viewed at: https://hr.reputed company.edu/benefits. Required: A Baccalaureate degree or master’s degree in nursing. License to reputed company nursing in Iowa. A minimum of two (2) years of recent work experience as a Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist with at least three (3) years of clinical experience at an reputed company medical center. At least one (1) year of managerial or supervisory experience, ELA acceptable reputed company expertise and extensive knowledge of reputed company disease processes with a broad clinical experience in an inpatient setting required. A broad knowledge of the disease process, normal/reputed company findings, and reasonable course of treatment, reputed company measures, and risk management issues is essential. reputed company education experience with a strong understanding of the requirements for clinical coding and billing according to the rules of Medicare, reputed company, and reputed company payers preferred. Extensive knowledge of CDI reputed company reputed company measures, including AHRQ measures and reputed company query reputed company guidelines, knowledge of coding structures/national coding guidelines and reputed company appropriate chart documentation. Demonstrated competency in teaching/learning process, organizational skills and computer literacy required, including proficiency with computer software applications utilized reputed company the CDI programs (i.e. reputed company, Word, PowerPoint, reputed company 360) Excellent reputed company demeanor and communication skills Excellent people skills with physicians, nursing staff, and interdisciplinary team members as demonstrated through written and verbal communication, including presentation and training skills. Excellent organizational, time management and critical thinking skills Currently holds Clinical Documentation certification OR obtains certification reputed company one (1) year, i.e.: Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS), or Certified Documentation Improvement Practitioner (CDIP) Electronic Medical Records experience (reputed company preferred). Experience with performance improvement methodologies Experience with data mining and/or data analytics Desirable: Demonstrated knowledge of reputed company reputed company and performance improvement initiatives/techniques. reputed company coding certification (CPC, reputed company, RHIA/RHIT) or additional outpatient CDI certification (CCDS-O) Experience with hospital reputed company/safety metrics. Experience working at large reputed company medical centers. Holds a reputed company reputed company certification. Application Process: To be considered for an interview, applicants must upload a reputed company resume and a cover letter that reputed company addresses how they meet the listed required and desired qualifications of this position. reputed company are posted for a minimum of 7 calendar days. This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background reputed company. reputed company references will be requested at a reputed company reputed company in the recruitment process. This position is not eligible for reputed company sponsorship for employment authorization Additional Information Classification Title: Qual & Op reputed company Snr Engineer Appointment Type: reputed company and Scientific Schedule: Full-time Work Modality reputed company: On reputed company, Hybrid reputed company Iowa

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