Remote Associate Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist
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Job Location:
Joplin, MO - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Find your calling at Mercy!
Job Profile SummaryThe Clinical Documentation Specialist provides clinically based concurrent and retrospective reviews of inpatient medical records. Will work to identify opportunities and ensure accuracy and completeness of clinical documentation used for measuring and reporting physician and hospital outcomes. This position collaborates with inpatient care providers to ensure accurate complete compliant concise and consistent documentation that reflects the true clinical scenario of the patients encounter. This additionally serves to reflect the true Severity of Illness (SOI) Risk of Mortality (ROM) and intensity of services rendered to provide quality care and treatment to the patient.
Performs duties and responsibilities in a manner consistent with our mission values and Mercy Service Standards.
Position Details:
Minimum Required Qualifications
Education:
RN BSN RHIA RHIT CCS CPC CIC CCDS or CDIP
Experience:
1-year related experience in acute care inpatient nursing or inpatient coding or HIM
Other Skills and Knowledge:
Excellent critical thinking skills with the ability to quickly make decisive decisions from limited written and/or verbal information excellent reading comprehension
Excellent communication skills (written and verbally) and comfortable speaking in groups.
Ability to plan and organize workflow in order to meet deadlines
Must have strong computer skills including typing ability.
Experience with computer programs (EXCEL Word)
Data entry
Record review with ability to interpret clinical data
Strong clinical knowledge
Ability to establish cooperative working relationship with diverse groups and individuals medical staff and other health care disciplines and interact with all levels of employees
Ability to work flexible work schedules to accommodate provider rounding schedules and required medical staff presentations
Employee should possess: the ability to work with minimum supervision; organizational and administrative skills; function in a stressful environment; encourage and assist with team building; and the ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information both patient and employee
Detail oriented
Ability to work independently
Preferred Qualifications
Education:
RN CCS CPC RHIA RHIT or a combination thereof
Experience:
3 years nursing inpatient coding or other HIM role in acute hospital setting
Knowledge of diagnosis-related groups (DRG) prospective payment systems and hospital quality performance initiative.
Utilization review/case management experience
Certification/Registration: CCDS (Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist) from ACDIS or CDIP (Certified Documentation Improvement Practitioner) from AHIMA preferred
Other Skills and Knowledge:
Why Mercy
From day one Mercy offers outstanding benefits - including medical dental and vision coverage paid time off tuition support and matched retirement plans for team members working 32 hours per pay period.
Join a caring collaborative team where your voice matters. At Mercy youll help shape the future of healthcare through innovation technology and compassion. As we grow youll grow with us.
Required Experience:
IC
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About Company
Mercy is one of the largest U.S. health systems with 44 acute care & specialty hospitals, over 700 physician & outpatient clinics in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri & Oklahoma.
