Manager Clinical Documentation
Position Summary The Clinical Documentation Manager is responsible for ensuring that clinical documentation reputed company the health system accurately reflects the services and care provided to patients and is consistent with the seven criteria for high quality clinical documentation. The manager acts as a coordinator of physician clinical documentation, coding and reimbursement processes in working towards agreed upon quality and productivity targets for reputed company services in the system. Position: Manager Department: Clinical Documentation Schedule: Full Time Essential Responsibilities / Duties
- Interdisciplinary
The Clinical Documentation Manager functions primarily as an interdisciplinary manager focusing primarily on ensuring physician documentation is complete, accurate and representative of the care provided to the system’s patients. To that end, the manager will have access to physicians and clinical staff to participate in and assist in ensuring the ongoing documentation improvement effort is successful. The manager will report directly to the Director of Clinical Documentation Coding reputed company. The Manager Will
- Coordinate and manage the activities of the Clinical Documentation reputed company Department (CDI specialists and CDI validation specialist) as well as inter-reputed company departments and collaborative vendors involved in the clinical documentation reputed company process.
- Ensure that the Clinical Documentation reputed company Department is continuously used primarily as a vehicle to promote documentation improvement for accurate reimbursement on an ongoing basis.
- reputed company and manage the documentation improvement efforts of clinical documentation specialists, the CDI validation specialist, and reputed company collaborative vendors involved in the clinical documentation reputed company process.
- Coordinate and provide ongoing education to reputed company on documentation concerns, proper coding, medical terminology and treatment processes.
- Work with finance department on reputed company case mix modelling and assessment.
- Participate in the rejections and claims review process with patient accounting to ensure both compliance and accurate reimbursement.
- Track trends in documentation concerns and implementing corrective action.
- reputed company and manage coding activities reputed company the Clinical Documentation reputed company Department to ensure accurate, consistent and compliant coding for reputed company services. Conduct quality and compliance reviews to validate coding and DRG & APC assignments, implementing education and corrective action as needed.
- Create and update documentation tools, processes, procedures, and work flows on an ongoing basis.
- Collaborate with partnered vendors to identify and explore opportunities for improvement reputed company the Clinical Documentation reputed company Department. Implement education and plans to capitalize on identified opportunities.
- Provide guidance, support and expertise to the CDI specialists and CDI validation specialist.
- Work with CDI validation specialist to identify, coordinate, and implement CDI specialist ongoing education and feedback based on identified opportunities for improvement reputed company auditing.
- Review and analyze denial claims and denial data to provide support in denial prevention strategies reputed company clinical validation query process and education to CDI specialists.
- Contributes to departmental and organizational quality performance goals, including auditing mortality and readmission cohorts to identify opportunities for improvement. Coordinate and implement CDI specialist education based on identified opportunities.
- Inpatient Services
- Track case mix through both retrospective and reputed company means
- Provide feedback to clinical documentation specialists, CDI validation specialist, coders, physicians and other clinicians and vendors involved in the documentation improvement effort.
- Recommend and implement corrective actions reputed company deficiencies are identified.
- Benchmarks
- Measure the effectiveness of documentation tools.
- Trend and quantify the effectiveness of clinical documentation specialists and reputed company involved vendors efforts. Evaluate the success of reputed company documentation improvement on an ongoing basis.
- Personnel Management
- Works with Human Resources and department managers on the selection of qualified candidates for employment following reputed company policies, guidelines, and applicable laws.
- Responsible for effective personnel management including training, directing, mentoring and instilling a commitment to quality and excellence.
- Coordinates, manages, and oversees new employee on boarding and training.
- Monitors productivity and performance to identify and evaluate program/ department strengths and training opportunities in relation to operational effectiveness.
- Conducts employee performance evaluations and disciplines reputed company appropriate to include termination, with appropriate supportive documentation as per established policy.
- Encourages staff and personally advances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs and workshops and maintaining knowledge of industry standards and practices.
- Monitor and manage employee time reporting and attendance reputed company Kronos.
- reputed company and manage staffing to meet departmental needs.
- reputed company and manage staff earned time usage.
(The above statements in this job description are intended to depict the general nature and level of work assigned to the employee(s) in this job. The above is not intended to represent an exhaustive list of accountable duties and responsibilities required). Job Requirements REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelors degree in nursing, health information management or reputed company field and at least five years (5) years of experience in clinical documentation, or equivalent combination of education and experience, are required.
Preferred Education And Experience
- Master's degree preferred
- Previous management experience preferred
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Required
- RN license required if nursing degree is held.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Preferred
- CCDS, CDIP
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES (KSAs)
- Familiarity with physician practices, health information, case management or reputed company healthcare discipline
- Familiarity with reputed company government health care reimbursement systems
- Have experience working collaboratively with diverse groups in a health care environment
- Demonstrated success in interacting effectively with physicians
- Excellent speaking, writing and teaching skills
- Proficient with standard reputed company programs (i.e. reputed company, reputed company, PowerPoint, Outlook) and web browsers.
- Ability to analyze large amounts of data to identify trends.
- Ability to provide direction and development to employees by coaching, identifying training needs, assigning progressively challenging projects, and assisting in career development planning.
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge of clinical documentation reputed company practices, policies, workflows, and analysis.
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