Executive Director, Clinical Documentation Improvement ...

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what''s possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people''s lives. Responsibilities The Executive Director of Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) possesses a high level of clinical proficiency necessary for the oversight of the CDI Program. Must oversee the review processes of complex patients of different ages and development in acute and chronic disease states. Proven leadership and management skills to promote effective and efficient review of physician documentation to support the patient''s level of care and appropriate assignment of DRGs, RAF Scores, Risk of Mortality and Severity scores, etc. and develop action plans for improvement. The Executive Director of CDI must be able to create and sustain excellent relationships with the medical staff at the WellStar Hospitals as well as the WellStar Medical Group and affiliated physicians. Must have expertise in the areas of operations, coding, billing and public reporting in acute care hospitals, medical groups, health plans and emerging payment systems.Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams including, but not limited to, physicians, nurse practitioners, PA''s, and the department managers for Revenue, Coding, Care Coordination and Health InformationManagement. Collaborates extensively with other members of the health care team to provide data and solution development processes. The Executive Director of CDI creates a support structure within each medical staff department as well as WellStar Medical Group for achieving clinical and operational excellence and expected deliverables of the Program in relation to Clinical Documentation Improvement efforts. Is involved in the direction and education of all phases of the Clinical Documentation process.Requires skill and leadership in managing the day-to-day operations of the Clinical DocumentationDepartment team and manages the staffing and training needs to meet the expected requirements of the Program. Provides ongoing Clinical Documentation management program education for new staff, including new Clinical Documentation Specialists, physicians, nurses and allied health professionals. Tracks and trends program compliance.The Executive Director of CDI must have the ability to transform the work of the department as WellStar grows and changes. Ability to transition the role of a clinical documentation specialist from an expert at querying physicians for clarification regarding their documentation to an electronic documentation specialist with the ability to help physicians create documentation tools to help improve their documentation thus eliminating waste. Ensures that WellStar can demonstrate that it has appropriately accepted payments from governmental agencies which are based on clinical documentation (e.g., meaningful use payments, ACO payments, etc.) by establishing and overseeing auditing programs in these areas.LI-CP1

Created: 2021-11-29