Document Improvement Specialist, Fulltime

Document Improvement Specialist

Stamford Health is hiring a Fulltime Document Improvement Specialist with our Case Management Team!

Fulltime Monday through Friday 8am to 4pm with rotating weekends, located at our One Hospital Plaza, Stamford CT location.

At Stamford Health, we believe that every patient deserves compassionate, personalized, person-centered care. This commitment guides how we care for patients, support their care partners, and promote the wellbeing of our staff. In alignment with our Planetree philosophy, the individual in this role will foster a respectful, collaborative environment that honors the needs, values, and preferences of every person we serve and the colleagues we partner with.

As a Certified Great Place to Work organization, Stamford Health understands what it takes to attract talent to improve our workforce and support our mission, to that end we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive, low-cost health insurance plans (including GLP-1 coverage options) available day one
• Wellness programs
• Paid Time Off accruals
• Tax deferred annuity and (403b) pension plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Free on-site parking and train station shuttle
• Childcare partnership with Children's Learning Center

Responsibilities:

This individual will facilitate internal process changes that bring together physicians, care managers and coders to address clinical documentation opportunities for improvement. Improve physician documentation compliance with criteria required under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), in order to eliminate payment errors on Medicare discharges caused by incomplete/inaccurate physician documentation; as well as ensure clear and concise documentation to meet the requirements of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and applicable federal and state law. Perform concurrent review of Medicare in-patients charts to assess the physician documentation and its impact on the Diagnosis Related Group. Monitor the organization's potential financial risk and financial status of Medicare patients on a concurrent basis by reviewing records to ensure the documentation of the most accurate principal diagnosis and procedures and any preexisting conditions in adherence to Medicare definitions. Assist with compliance and abstraction of JCAHO Core Measures.

The program is intended to provide concurrent documentation to accurately reflect the acuity of a patient's condition. This individual will work with senior management to make recommendation on overall strategy, work with case managers and coding staff to processes are in place for documentation capture and education of resident, physicians and extender staff on coding rules and strategies for documentation improvement.

1. Develops in-service programs with physicians, case management staff and coding manager regarding coding guidelines and the clinical documentation program.
2. Provides ongoing education to case management staff, physicians and the interdisciplinary team regarding clinical documentation improvement program.

3. Having a through knowledge of DRG's and coding guidelines, the Documentation Improvement Coordinator will:

   • Work with case managers, physicians and coders to establish appropriate documentation for correct coding.
   • Track and trend the impact of efforts on overall CMI.
   • Identify and prioritize DRG's, physicians or cases for review concurrently for DRG optimization.

Qualifications:

• Connecticut Licensed Registered Nurse.
• Bachelor's Degree in a related field is preferred.
• CCS, CCA, CPC-H certification preferred.
• MUST have EPIC EMR system experience
• A minimum of 5 Years of experience in case management, managed care, coding and/or case mix - documentation improvement experience.
• The ability to compile objective and measurable data and produce written reports is required.
• The ability to develop and communicate written policies and procedures is required.
• Prior training experience and the competencies to develop and present education programs to all levels of healthcare professionals.
• High level of competency with computers and computer software such as MS Office or equivalent is required. Specifically, the ability to perform data and statistical analysis using Microsoft Excel or equivalent is required.
• Prior Hospital / Health Care experience is required.
• Experience in a Health Care System is highly preferred.