Lead CDI Specialist

Job Details

Lead CDI Specialist

Job Description

Under the direction of the Senior Director of Revenue Cycle, Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) and Revenue Cycle Manager, CDI, the Revenue Cycle Lead, CDI  serves as an expert resource for staff and functions to assist supervisory staff in assigned area with workflow and day-to-day operations.  This position will support organizational goals by identifying opportunities to partner with providers to provide education and feedback regarding documentation so that it reflects all diagnoses. 

1. Interacts with co-workers, visitors, staff performance and day to day operations to ensure that department goals are met.

2. Assist supervisory staff in areas of workflow, staff performance, and day-to-day operations to ensure that department goals are met

3. Conduct training and mentoring sessions for new and existing staff

4. Assist employees with day-to-day questions, issues, or problems and escalate identified systemic issues to supervisor

5. Manages own assigned work queue(s)

6. Validation of monthly reporting for staff, providers, and leadership

Strong working knowledge and experience in clinical record reviews, 3M encoder coding systems, DRG system, and Epic EHR system.  
Expert level working knowledge of ICD-10 CM/PCS coding conventions and SOI/ROM required. 
Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office; Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint. 
Ability to work independently and as a team member.
Effective problem-solving skills required. 
Must be able to meet departmental goals on an ongoing basis.
Awareness of compliance and regulatory guidelines 

Minimum three years' experience required as a CDI specialist. Associate or Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Medical Graduate degree or Associate/Bachelor Degree in other clinical health profession. Minimum of three years hands-on clinical experience either obtained through clinical experience in nursing (i.e. RN, BSN), medical school, respiratory therapy, physician's assistant, or residency or 5 years of inpatient acute care medical coding experience. 
Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) or Clinical Documentation Improvement Practitioner (CDIP) certifications required.
 

The position is currently primarily remote.

BSN, PA or medical graduate degree. Prior experience in CDI at a large academic medical center. 

Salary Range

$93,019.85 to $141,377.64 Annual

The actual hiring rate will be determined based on candidate experience, skills and qualifications. This position is not eligible for an annual incentive.

Positions posted as annual salaries reflect an estimated amount for a 1.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) (i.e. 40 hour equivalent)), positions for less than 1.0 FTE will be prorated.)

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Kennedy University Hospitals, Inc

Primary Location Address

435 Hurffville-Cross Keys Rd, Turnersville, New Jersey, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research.