Manager, Clinical Documentation Integrity
Houston, Texas
- Eligibility
- RN
Posted Aug 22 · Not open to new grads
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Role
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 4+ years
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About this role
We’re searching for a Manager of Clinical Documentation Integrity, someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position you will focus on broader, department-level interface with physician groups and Physician Revenue Advisors and will be focused on clinical quality. This position will also help the CDSs implement and train any new and existing software applications.
In addition, the manager will perform tertiary level review of accounts, running reports and analyzing data, as well as creating processes for improvement and efficiency. You will work closely with team members to perform audits of their work, education opportunities, and Physician education opportunities. They will work closely with the Coding and Quality teams on initiatives as assigned and other special projects as assigned.
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- Perform concurrent and retrospective tertiary level reviews on specific types of opportunities.
- Run and review reports through several sources and utilizing information to analyze data and key metrics to identify potential opportunities for CDI staff and physicians, strategize approach and process refinements to capture opportunity within the CDS team (prioritization, assignment, etc.), and track progress of CDI team in capturing opportunities and prioritizing workload effectively.
- Develop and oversee new hire training and orientation programs for new CDSs.
- Track technology issues with process tools and coordinate with IS on updates.
- Track query escalation process, CDS/Coder collaboration, etc. Lead weekly huddles or monthly meetings for CDI and Coding teams.
- Provide feedback and educational growth opportunities for the overall CDI program.
- Provide feedback to physician advisor(s) on provider engagement/response.
- Support the creation and presentation of targeted physician education.
- Manages, ensures competencies, and evaluates the activities of assigned staff.
- Reporting and analysis of data for CDI program.
Skills & Requirements
- Required bachelor's degree
- Licenses/Certifications
o RN - Lic-Registered Nurses by the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact
o RHIA - Cert-Reg Health Inform. Admins by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
o RHIT - Cert-Reg Health Inform. TECH by the American Health Information Management Association
o CCS - Cert-Cert Coding Specialist by the American Health Information Management Association
o CPC - Cert-Cert Professional Coder by the America Association of Professional Coders
o CCDS DOC - Cert-Cert Clinical Doc. SPCLST by the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists
o CDIP - Cert-Clinical Doc. Impr. PROF by the American Health Information Management Association
- Required 4 years clinical documentation experience, 7 years clinical experience in an acute care setting, with preferred supervisory experience
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Requirements
- RN
- Healthcare onboarding training
- Employee onboarding
- Medical performance measurement report preparation
- Staff supervision
- RHIA
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- RN License
- Health information process improvement
- Health education for healthcare providers
Place
- City
- Houston, Texas
- Median rent
- $1,361/mo
- Local household income
- $64,813/yr
- Metro price level
- 1% below the national average
- Campus
- TEXAS Childrens Hospital
- Beds
- 905
- Magnet
- Designated since 2003 (ANCC)
- RN residency
- ANCC-accredited: Texas Children's Hospital NRP at Texas Children's Hospital, through Jan 2028
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Houston area index 98.6, where 100 is the national average.
No state income tax. Cost of living about 1% below the national average. A two-bedroom rents for around $1,326 monthly, and you'd be near world-class care at the Texas Medical Center. But research neighborhood flood drainage before you sign—summers here deliver brutal Gulf heat compounded by humidity, and tropical-storm flooding is a constant reality.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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