Clinical Documentation Auditor

What We Strive For

Strive Health is built for purpose — to transform a broken kidney care system. We are fundamentally changing the lives of kidney disease patients through early identification, engagement and comprehensive coordinated care. Strive’s model is driven by a high-touch care team that integrates with local providers and spans the entire care journey from chronic kidney disease through end-stage kidney disease, leveraging comparative and predictive data and analytics to identify at-risk patients. Strive Health’s interventions significantly reduce the rate of emergent dialysis crash, cut inpatient utilization and significantly improve patient outcomes and experience. Come join our journey as we create THE destination for top talent in the healthcare community and set a new standard for how kidney care should be done.

Why We’re Worth the Application

• We Strive for excellence and were recognized as one of America’s Best Startup Employers for 2023 by Forbes, Circle of Excellence, American Society of Transplantation, 2023, Best Places to Work – Denver, Comparably.com, 2022, Best Places to Work – Denver, Built in Colorado, 2022
• We derive innovation and ideas from through authentic diversity intentionally building a team that represents the populations we serve in partnership with our Employee Resource Groups:
  • Strive Forward - LGBTQ
  • Underrepresented Minorities
  • Women and Allies
• We care and support our Strivers within and beyond work to feel fully charged and empowered through our generous wellbeing offerings including:
  • Flexible time off
  • Companywide wellbeing days
  • Volunteer time off
  • Leave packages including a sabbatical, parental leave and eight weeks paid for living donor
  • Professional development
  • A dedicated certified financial planner
  • Headspace, Carrot Fertility and Gympass for all Strivers
• We like to have fun by celebrating our successes as a team through team building, company gatherings, trivia, wellbeing raffles, pajama days, a companywide book club and more.
• We value tenacity to help us overcome obstacles with grit and determination to deliver compassionate kidney care.

Clinical Documentation Auditor 

The Clinical Documentation Auditor is responsible for supporting the Care Management team by providing ongoing staff audits to ensure compliance with documentation requirements.  Utilizes clinical expertise for the review of patient files and care plans against appropriate criteria in conjunction with accreditation, contract requirements, critical thinking, and decision-making skills to determine medical appropriateness, while maintaining production goals and QA standards. Ensures day-to-day processes are conducted in accordance with NCQA Standards other internal and regulatory standards.  The Clinical Documentation Auditor will provide ongoing feedback and education to the clinical management team regarding accurate documentation to improve overall health outcomes for patients and continuity of care. 

Essential Functions 

• Reviews and interprets patient files and care plans against criteria to determine appropriate documentation based on clinical practice guidelines and appropriateness of care; determines if the patient file documentation supports the patients’ need for services. 
• Reviews internal assessments and care plans against NCQA case management and population health standards for timeliness and accuracy of documentation. 
• Preparation of the individual staff audit findings, documentation of deficiencies as well as developing final staff reports for clinical management and supervisors of the audited resources.
• Collaborates with clinical management to provide opportunities for improvement regarding patient files and care planning documentation.
• Educates management and team members on adherence procedures.
• Creates and manages review process and support tools. 
• Abstracts review related data/information accurately and timely on appropriate review tool by the appropriate means. Accurate and timely submission of all administrative and review related documents to appropriate parties.
• Performs ongoing reassessment of review process to offer opportunities for process improvement and/or change.
• Identifies gaps in clinical software assessments and care plans for compliance with accreditation and regulatory standards.
• Foster positive and professional relationships and act as liaison with internal and external customers to ensure effective working relationships and team building to facilitate the review process.
• Responsible for attending training, scheduled meetings, and for maintenance and use of current/updated information for r