UCLA Health

Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialist

UCLA Health$100K — $218K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a health-related field preferred
  • Registered Nurse (RN) license or MD diploma required
  • Three years of Clinical Documentation Integrity experience, preferably at an Academic Medical Center
  • Knowledge of coding guidelines and coding clinics required
  • Understanding of Medicare and Medi-Cal documentation regulations
  • Strong leadership and training skills
  • Proficiency in EPIC and 3M 360 Encompass CAC required

Responsibilities

  • Review high-acuity patient records for payer denials
  • Assess clinical validity and support denial prevention efforts
  • Communicate effectively with department staff and educate physicians
  • Gather and analyze information to ensure accurate medical record documentation
  • Prepare and submit detailed appeal letters with clinical evidence
  • Identify denial trends and root causes, providing feedback to teams

Benefits

  • Fully remote work option
  • Monday to Friday work schedule
  • Indefinite employment duration
  • Collaborative work environment with Clinical Documentation Integrity team
  • Opportunities for professional growth in clinical documentation and denial management
Full Job Description
General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully Remote

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 6:00 AM - 3:00 PM PST

Posted Date

07/21/2026

Salary Range: $100161.36 - 218718 Annually

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

31911

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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You will become a member of our highly successful Clinical Documentation Integrity and Denial Management team, including all modalities. This role involves daily review of high-acuity patient records to identify potential and active payer denials, assess clinical validity, and to support denial prevention, analysis, and appeals across inpatient and outpatient settings; continuously communicating with department staff; educating physicians, residents, and mid-levels; and assisting with appropriate documentation strategies.

Partnering with Medical Coding, Clinical Documentation Integrity, Case Management, and the Quality team, you will gather/analyze information to provide comprehensive medical record documentation that accurately reflects clinical treatment, decisions, and diagnoses. Leveraging your denial management experience, clinical expertise, and coding knowledge to identify opportunities and ensure accuracy and completeness of clinical documentation for denial prevention. You will prepare and submit high quality appeal letters supported by clinical evidence, regulatory guidelines, and payor-specific medical necessity criteria, while identifying denial trends and root causes and provide feedback to the CDI and Clinical teams.

Salary Range: $100,161.36 - $218,718.00/year

Job Qualifications

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We're seeking a detail-oriented, collaborative, self-directed individual with:
• Bachelor's degree in health-related field, preferred
• A Registered Nurse (RN) license or MD diploma (or equivalent) required
• Three or more years of Clinical Documentation Integrity experience required, preferably at an AMC
• Knowledge of coding guidelines and coding clinic, required
• Knowledge of laws, rules and regulations regarding appropriate clinical documentation for Medicare, Medi-Cal, CCS etc.
• Strong leadership, supervisory, and training skills
• Excellent critical thinking abilities
• Experience working within EPIC and 3M 360 Encompass CAC, required
• Resourcefulness and strong communication, organizational, and analytical skills
• Ability to work effectively with physician/staff and interdisciplinary teams
• Computer proficiency and proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint, required
• Skill in abstracting/interpreting medical information from patient records, required
• Clinical experience sufficient to understand and communicate medical diagnoses and courses of treatment to professional and non-professional personnel, required
• Knowledge of computer word processing, database programs, and ability to write reports and do graphical analysis, required

Note: Skills may be subject to test.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.

About UCLA Health

UCLA Health is a world-renowned academic medical center located in Los Angeles, California. It comprises four hospitals, including Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and more than 200 primary and specialty care clinics. UCLA Health is affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and is consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the United States. The health system employs over 20,000 people and serves as a major center for patient care, medical education, and research.
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