Director of Clinical Documentation Excellence

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Job Responsibilities:

The JHHS Director Clinical Documentation Excellence (CDE) is responsible for the oversight of the JHH, JHBMC, HCGH, SBH, and SMH Clinical Documentation Excellence team that will be comprised of over 30 Registered Nurses (RN) and/or Health Information Professionals and a JHHS CDE Educator. This role is also responsible for collaboration with JHACH HIM/CDE Director to help support efforts aligned with case review prioritization, staff audit reporting and CDE industry metrics. The director acts as a systems expert on matters related to physician clinical documentation, coding, and reimbursement processes in working towards agreed upon quality and productivity targets for all services in the health system. This role identifies opportunities to improve clinical documentation quality thru process review, performance/quality, and productivity reporting, and works with VPMAs, Functional Unit Administrators, Directors, and others to implement improved process and enhancements. Works in collaboration with finance and quality staff along with other departments and system hospital staff to design workflow and requirements that meet reporting, coverage, and quality review requirements. Works in collaboration with Leadership, Clinicians, Quality Improvement/Assurance, JHHS HIM Medical Coding, EPIC, data teams, 3M support teams, etc.

Qualifications:

Requires successful completion of an accredited program:

• requires Baccalaureate degree from an accredited School of Nursing, OR
• requires successful completion of an AMA approved Physician Assistant program, OR
• requires successful completion of the academic requirements or Health Information Technician - RHIT or Registered Health Information Administrator - RHIA certification accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).

Master's degree preferred.

10 years of experience in the field of quality improvement, medical record/health information administration, acute care, clinical documentation and/or coding preferred. 2 years of staff management experience required at minimum if past experience is complemented by experience in inpatient, outpatient, compliance, medical necessity, charge master coding quality improvement, or clinical documentation improvement.

7 years in clinical documentation preferred

Coding experience preferred

• RN: Must possess current licensure to practice as RN in State of Maryland or another state that participates in the Nurse Licensure Compact.
• PA: Must possess current licensure to practice as a PA by the Maryland Board of Physicians. Board certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
• RHIT/RHIA: Must possess clinical documentation certification through the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) and/or American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and be a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS).
• Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) obtained through the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) and/or Certified Documentation Improvement Practitioner (CDIP) obtained through the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

Salary Range: $155,000 - $205,000 per year. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility. In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount, salary discussions will occur during candidate screening calls, before any subsequent compensation discussion is held between the candidate and any hiring authority.

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