- Reviews inpatient medical records for identified payer populations as within one business day of admission and throughout hospitalization to identify opportunities for physician documentation.
- Analyzes clinical status of patient, current treatment plan, and past medical history and identifies potential gaps in MD documentation and leaves physician query to obtain complete, accurate clinical documentation.
- Works closely with HIM coding staff to assure documentation of discharge diagnosis and any co-existing co-morbidities is a complete reflection of the patient's clinical status and care
- Maintain a DRG worksheet to assist coders on identifying all documented POA/HAC, diagnosis and procedures
- Updates DRG worksheet to reflect any changes to inpatient status/procedure/treatment and confers with the physician to finalize diagnosis.
- Demonstrates basic knowledge about HIM coding standards and applies to ongoing evaluation of medical record documentation for accuracy of physician documentation to support the acuity of illness.
- Performs chart review on expired patients to identify severity of illness and risk of mortality for performance improvement activities.
- Develops and implements plans for both formal and informal education of physician, nursing, and other clinical staff on clinical documentation opportunities, coding and reimbursement as well as performance improvement methodologies.
- Collaborate with case manager regarding cases with length of stay outside of the expected GMLOS, to ensure documentation identifies severity of illness and maximizes reimbursement potential.
- Coordinates and assures complete and accurate data collection and validation for public reporting data initiatives for Premier, CMS and JCAHO.
- Maintains good rapport and cooperative relationships. Approaches conflict in a constructive manner. Helps identify problems, offers solutions, and participates in their resolution.
- Coordinates with quality department by: providing concurrent review for core measures documentation, providing retrospective chart audits as needed, and educating nursing and medical staff of improvement and current status of quality initiates.
- Performs follow-up to document physician response to queries. Tracks and trends patterns of physician responses and reports monthly to director.
- Designs and implements collaboration with physician leadership specific tools to support medical record physician documentation.
- Review clinical issues with coding staff to assign working DRG's.
- Work collaboratively with the coding staff to ensure that documentation of discharge diagnoses and co-morbidities are a complete reflection of the patient's clinical status and care.
- Review final DRG and compare with clinical data gathered to ensure the DRG assigned is appropriated and that all co-morbidities are captured.
- Communicates with Case Management Director and/or Vice President of Medical Affairs regarding program barriers/success/outcomes of CDI program.
- Assists in collection and organization of data for analysis by appropriate medical and hospital committees.
- Consistently meets established productivity targets for record review.
- Maintain strict confidentiality at all time.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Associate's Degree in Nursing
- RN License in state of employment or compact
-
Christus Health San Antonio, United StatesJob Description · Summary: · The Clinical Documentation Registered Nurse collaborates extensively with physicians, nursing staff, other patient caregivers and coding staff to improve the quality and completeness of documentation of care provided and coded for coordination, abstra ...
-
Christus Health San Antonio, United States Full time· Summary: · This position is responsible for facilitating improvementin the overall quality and completeness of the medical recorddocumentation. The clinical documentation RN will provide supportand expertise through comprehensive assessment and review ofinpatient medical recor ...
-
Business Applications Advisor Lead
1 week ago
USAA San Antonio, United States Full timeWhy USAA? · Let's do something that really matters. · At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all our employees served in our nation's military, but we all share in the mission to give ...
-
Yardi Administrator
1 week ago
The Reybold Group of Companies, Inc. Bear, United States**Position Summary** · Reybold is a Property Management and Construction company that is actively seeking a Yardi Adminstrator. This unique role requires an experienced administrator with solid professional experience able to administer Reybold's Yardi software platform, serve as ...
-
SAP Techno Functional Analyst
2 weeks ago
USAA San Antonio, United States Full timeWhy USAA? · At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation's military, but we all share in the mission to give back to those who did. We're working a ...
-
Business Applications Analyst
2 weeks ago
USAA San Antonio, United States Full timeWhy USAA? · Let's do something that really matters. · At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation's military, but we all share in the mission to g ...
-
USAA San Antonio, United States Full timeWhy USAA? · Let's do something that really matters. · At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation's military, but we all share in the mission to g ...
-
Business Operations Analyst Senior
2 weeks ago
USAA San Antonio, United States Full timeWhy USAA? · Let's do something that really matters. · At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation's military, but we all share in the mission to g ...
-
Business Support Analyst Senior
2 days ago
USAA San Antonio, United States Full timeWhy USAA? · Let's do something that really matters. · At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation's military, but we all share in the mission to g ...
-
Claims Contact Center Representative
1 week ago
USAA San Antonio, United States Full timeWhy USAA? · Let's do something that really matters. · We have an important mission: serving the members of the military community and their families. It's both a chance to say thank you and the opportunity to put your talents to work in a meaningful way. To do it right, we need ...
-
Business Strategy and Planning Director
2 weeks ago
USAA San Antonio, United States Full timeWhy USAA? · Let's do something that really matters. · At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation's military, but we all share in the mission to g ...
-
Decision Science Analyst
2 weeks ago
USAA San Antonio, United States Full timeWhy USAA? · Let's do something that really matters. · At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation's military, but we all share in the mission to g ...
-
Information Management Analyst I
1 week ago
USAA San Antonio, United States Full timeWhy USAA? · Let's do something that really matters. · At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation's military, but we all share in the mission to g ...
-
Senior Auto Appraiser
3 weeks ago
USAA San Antonio, United States Full timeWhy USAA? · Let's do something that really matters. · At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation's military, but we all share in the mission to g ...
-
Inside Sr. Property Adjuster
3 weeks ago
USAA San Antonio, United States Full timeWhy USAA? · Let's do something that really matters. · At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation's military, but we all share in the mission to g ...
-
Associate Consumer Account Specialist
1 day ago
USAA San Antonio, United States Full timeWhy USAA? · Let's do something that really matters. · At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation's military, but we all share in the mission to g ...
-
Data Scientist Principal
1 week ago
USAA San Antonio, United States Full timeWhy USAA? · Job Description Summary · Let's do something that really matters. · At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation's military, but we all ...
-
USAA San Antonio, United States Full timeWhy USAA? · Let's do something that really matters. · At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation's military, but we all share in the mission to g ...
-
Sr. Injury Adjuster
3 weeks ago
USAA San Antonio, United States Full timeWhy USAA? · Let's do something that really matters. · At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation's military, but we all share in the mission to ...
-
Intermediate Bank Disputes Specialist
1 week ago
USAA San Antonio, United States Full timeWhy USAA? · Job Description Summary · Let's do something that really matters. · At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation's military, but we all ...
Clinical Documentation Specialist, Clinical Documentation Integrity - San Antonio, United States - Christus Health
Description
Summary:
The Clinical Documentation Registered Nurse collaborates extensively with physicians, nursing staff, other patient caregivers and coding staff to improve the quality and completeness of documentation of care provided and coded for coordination, abstraction and submission of accurate data required by CMS. Facilitates concurrent modifications to clinical documentation to insure commensurate reimbursement of clinical severity and services rendered to patients with a DRG based payer (Medicare, Medicaid). Supports timely, accurate and complete documentation of clinical information used for measuring and reporting physician and facility outcomes. Communicates with and educates all clinical staff concerning accurate and effective clinical documentation.
Requirements:
Work Type:
Per Diem As Needed
EEO is the law -
Clinical Documentation Specialist, Clinical Documentation Integrity professionals in San Antonio
-
Ingrid Glueck-Maldonado
Chief Financial Officer
-
Gregory McCullar
Major Incident Manager
-
Jaime Contreras, MBA, CISM, CISA
IT Security Specialist