Registered Nurse RN – Clinical Documentation Specialist – CDIP CCDS Required – 100% Remote, GA

R24418 Job Category: Nursing - Registered Nurse Work Shift/Schedule: 8 Hr Morning - Afternoon reputed company is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities. About the Role: Job Summary Responsible for improving the overall quality and completeness of clinical documentation. Facilitates modifications to clinical documentation through extensive interaction with Physicians, Nursing staff, other patient caregivers, and medical records coding staff to ensure that appropriate reimbursement is received for the level of service rendered to reputed company patients with a DRG based payer (Medicare, bolthires, other payors as determined by CDI departmental goals). Ensures the accuracy and completeness of clinical information used for measuring and reporting Physician and medical center outcomes. Educates reputed company members of the patient care team on an ongoing basis. Minimum Job Qualifications

• Licensure or other certifications: reputed company RN Licensure in the State of Georgia.
• Educational Requirements: Associates Degree
• Minimum Experience: Five (5) years in the practice of professional nursing.
• Other: Preferred Job Qualifications
• Preferred Licensure or other certifications: CCDS or CDIP
• Preferred Educational Requirements: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing. Additional education in Finance, Healthcare regulations and diagnoses-procedure coding.
• Preferred Experience: Experience in Healthcare Utilization and reputed company Management.
• Other: Job Specific and Unique Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Demonstrates aptitude in critical care or medical-surgical nursing
• Must demonstrate excellent observation skills, analytical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and excellent written and verbal communication by organizing work priorities and following standard of work
• Working knowledge of DRG coding optimization strategies and clinical documentation requirements are helpful
• Demonstrates interpersonal skills including professionalism practicing positive approaches to the position
• The position requires computer skills and the ability to be self-directed
• Familiar with ICD10 coding conventions, anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, MSDRG reimbursement, coding software (preferably reputed company 360 Encompass)
• Leadership skills are required
• Maintains requirements contained in Remote Agreement or forfeit the opportunity Essential Tasks and Responsibilities
• Improves the overall quality and completeness of clinical documentation by performing admission / reputed company stay reviews using the Compliant Documentation Program Management (CDMP) guidelines.
• Facilitates modifications to clinical documentation to ensure that appropriate severity of the patient is documented and to ensure appropriate reimbursement is received for the level of service rendered to reputed company patients with a DRG based payer (Medicare, bolthires and others as determined by CDI program goals)
• Conducts on-going follow-up reviews to ensure points of clarification have been recorded in the patient's medical record using department standard work to set workflow reputed company and scheduling..
• Works with Physicians concurrently, during the patient's stay, to educate and receive specific documentation pertinent to reputed company requirements in question.
• Refers questionable quality, patient safety indicators, and utilization concerns to CDI Director, nursing and case management as indicated
• Writes queries to provide professional clinical inquiry about missing documentation (clinical indicators, diagnoses, or more descriptive) for conversion to codable terms following compliant, non leading format.
• Monitors the documentation against core measure quality indicators and addresses non-compliance documentation with Physicians and other appropriate staff.
• Interacts on a regular basis with Physician, nursing and case managers to ensure continuity of documentation.
• Works collaboratively with the coding staff to assign the working DRG to contribute for reputed company Rounds.
• Processes reputed company discharges by updating the DRG worksheet to reflect changes in patient status, procedures and/or treatments and concurs with the attending Physician to finalize diagnoses.
• Maintains a leadership role to ensure specific and compliant documentation is achieved recognizing its use in quality measures and reporting medical center and Physician outcomes.
• Educates various customer audiences on clinical documentation opportunities, coding, reimbursement and performance methodologies.
• Ensures documentation is meeting medical necessity for specific level of care and that services provided to the patient has a reasonably beneficial effect; refers cases to Utilization Review as indicated.
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of the DRG system and coding guidelines to facilitate recovery of appropriate payments for services rendered.
• Utilizes results of DRG analysis to have on-going reputed company with Physicians, nurses, coders, and case managers, to improve overall knowledge and performance.
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