University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC) · 8 hours ago
Clinical Documentation Coordinator (Hybrid)
Las Vegas, NV
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
6+ years expUniversity Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC) is an academic medical center providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada. The Clinical Documentation Coordinator is responsible for improving the quality and completeness of clinical documentation, ensuring appropriate reimbursement and clinical severity is captured through collaboration with healthcare teams.
Emergency MedicineHealth CareHospitalMedicalNon ProfitWellness
Hiring Manager
Samara Strite, MHRM
Responsibilities
Responsible for improving the overall quality and completeness of clinical documentation
Facilitates modifications to clinical documentation through extensive interactions with physicians, nursing staff, other members of the health care team and Health Information Management (HIM) coding staff to ensure that appropriate reimbursement and clinical severity is captured for the level of service rendered to all patients with a DRG based payer
Qualification
Required
Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and three (3) years of clinical nursing experience and three (3) years clinical documentation improvement experience
Physician graduate International MD with three (3) years of acute care experience and three (3) years Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) experience
Equivalent to a Bachelor's degree in Healthcare and three (3) years Health Information Management in an acute care hospital inpatient experience and three (3) years Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) experience
Valid license by the State of Nevada to practice as a Registered Nurse and one of the following, Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS), Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist-Outpatient (CCDS-O) or Certified Document Improvement Practitioner (CDIP)
An international medical graduate degree and one of the following: Certified Document Improvement Practitioner (CDIP), Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS), Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist-Outpatient (CCDS-O)
Certification in one of the following: Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), issued by the American Health Information Management Association, Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Professional Coder-Physician-based (CPC-P), AND one of the following: Certified Document Improvement Practitioner (CDIP), Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS), Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist-Outpatient (CCDS-O)
Knowledge of Medicare reimbursement system and coding structures; hospital policies and procedures; Joint Commission Accredited Health care Organizations standards, state statutes governing hospital services and health care, Medicare/Medicaid guidelines and other relevant regulations and standards; clinical medical and nursing procedures; disease processes; department and hospital safety practices and principles; patient rights; age specific patient care practices; infection control policies and practices; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures
Skill in working effectively under pressure; holding in complete confidence all information acquired from medical records and physicians; interpreting patient charts to determine whether care given was appropriate and properly documented; interpreting regulations and standards for others; writing reports, meeting minutes and other technical documents; analyzing statistical and other quantitative data; critical thinking; conflict management; dealing with departmental issues involving self or other employees in professional, forthright and impartial manner; applying investigative and interviewing techniques; using a computer and a variety of software applications; communicating with a wide variety and establishing interpersonal relationships to interact effectively with co-workers, supervisor, staff in other work units and exchange or convey information
Mobility to work in a typical office setting and use standard equipment, stamina to remain seated for extended periods of time, vision to read printed materials and a VDT screen, and hearing and speech to communicate effectively in person and over the telephone. Strength and agility to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or an eligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. May work shifts and weekends
Benefits
EMPLOYER-PAID PENSION PLAN (NEVADA PERS)
Competitive Salary & Benefits Package
Company
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC)
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada is dedicated to providing the highest level of health care possible by maintaining its ongoing commitment to personal, individualized care for each patient.
1001-5000 employees
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Jennifer Wakem
Chief Financial Officer
John Espinoza
Chief Human Resources Officer
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