Advocate Health Care

Compliance Documentation Improvement Specialist

Advocate Health Care$79K — $118K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Registered Nurse applicable state Licensure required.
  • Bachelor's Degree required.
  • 5 years of related nursing experience preferred, especially in clinical settings.
  • Appropriate professional certification required within 3 years of hire date.
  • Extensive knowledge of disease processes and clinical outcomes.
  • Case Management experience or background helpful.
  • Strong financial and analytical skills preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Review inpatient medical records to identify principal and secondary diagnoses and accurately assign MS-DRG.
  • Utilize knowledge of severity-based DRG systems in record assessments.
  • Employ licensed software tools for daily medical record reviews.
  • Collaborate with physicians to clarify vague documentation in a timely manner.
  • Work with departmental teams to support corporate compliance and quality goals.
  • Educate healthcare team members on documentation improvement opportunities.
  • Use critical thinking to identify the need for further documentation clarification.

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for health care and dependent care
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match
  • Educational Assistance Program
Full Job Description
Department:

10169 Enterprise Corporate - Clinical Documentation Improvement

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Full-time, dayshift Monday - Friday 8:00am- 5:00 pm and will be a Hybrid role with onsite days in Cleveland, NC.

Pay Range:
$38.20 - $57.30

Major Responsibilities:
  • Reviews selected populations of inpatient medical records to identify the principal and/or secondary diagnoses. Appropriately assigns the MS-DRG that most accurately reflects the severity of illness of the patient based upon the clinical evidence documented at the time of the record review.
  • Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of severity based DRG systems; All Patient Refined and Medicare Severity (AP-DRG) and Medical Severity Diagnostic Related Group System (MS-DRG).
  • Demonstrates the ability to utilize the licensed software tool to perform and record daily medical record reviews.
  • Interacts with the physician and/or other designated members of the healthcare team to ensure that vague or incomplete documentation is clarified within the medical record in a timely manner.
  • Works with other departments such as coding, corporate compliance, quality, and finance to support Corporate Goals.
  • Participates in the ongoing education of physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other healthcare team members to identify medical record documentation improvement opportunities employing conflict resolution skills as necessary.
  • Utilizes critical thinking skills based upon extensive knowledge of disease processes and clinical outcomes to identify the need for further clarification of physician documentation within the medical record.
  • Ensures that all written requests to physicians for additional documentation support Corporate Compliance policies.


Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:
  • Registered Nurse applicable state Licensure required.


Education Required:
  • Bachelor's Degree Required.


Experience Required:
  • Appropriate professional certification required within 3 years of hire date per department protocol.
  • 5 years of related nursing experience preferred. Clinical experience within the assigned population.
  • Extensive knowledge of disease processes and clinical outcomes.
  • Case Management experience or background helpful.


Preferred Experienced:
  • Strong financial and analytical skills.
  • Word, Outlook, Excel


Physical Requirements
Works in an office type setting, extensive walking throughout the facility. Prolonged periods of sitting reviewing medical records and documentation. Repetitive wrist motion and occasional lifting of 10-20 pounds. Intact sight and hearing with or without assistive devices are required. Ability to speak English fluently and write in understandable terms.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more - so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation
  • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
  • Incentive pay for select positions
  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance


Benefits and more
  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program


Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
Learn more about Advocate Health Care
Size
75,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1976

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