Clinical Documentation Specialist, Second Reviewer

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

MO-REMOTE

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Summary:

Performs as a vital member of the interdisciplinary care team member, an auditor, and an educator ensuring medical records are complete and clinical documentation comprehensively represents the current health status of network patients against ever-changing risk adjusted models. Responsible for achieving improved documentation results and risk adjusted scores for the organization, along with documentation and electronic health record charts that accurately capture the clinical picture.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Reviews clinical records of both clinical documentation integrity and mortality scoring.
• Collaborates with others regarding clinical documentation improvement (CDI) and risk adjustment (mortality) findings.
• Maintains knowledge of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements related to clinical documentation and provides feedback to clinical staff regarding these requirements during the concurrent record review process.
• Maintains knowledge of mortality models, observed rate/expected rate (O/E ratios), industry trends, variable and diagnosis review group (DRG) frequency.
• Serves as a liaison between coding staff and physicians as appropriate. Identifies and initiates opportunities for new program development or program extensions, as well as opportunities based on outcomes analysis  for program process improvements.
• Works with other team members regarding opportunities for improvement in standard work.
•  Maintains documentation, logs adjusted risk and CDI opportunities.  
• Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient’s age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department's scope of service.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing, PA, NP, or medical school, or Associate's degree and Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) certification from the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist (ACDIS)

EXPERIENCE

• Two years in an acute care setting with two years experience in clinical documentation or 4 years experience in clinical documentation with a Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) certification

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS   
 
State of Work Location: Illinois

•     Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) - Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS)
•     Or
•     Physician Assistant in Medicine, Licensed - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation