Clinical Documentation Specialist Rn

Clinical Documentation Specialist RN

Location:

RIVERVIEW MEDICAL CENTER, Red Bank, New Jersey

Requisition #: | Shift: Day | Status:
Full Time with Benefits

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives – and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better – advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

This is a hybrid position – two days onsite.

• Facilitates appropriate clinical documentation to ensure the level of services and acuity of care are accurately reflected in the medical record.
• Performs admission reviews for specific patient populations using clinical documentation guidelines.
• Assists in medical screening process by documenting appropriateness of patient admission, working DRG & LOS information on worksheet and computer system as appropriate.
• Extensively reviews all physician and clinical documentation, lab results, diagnostic information and treatment plans and captures appropriate information on CDMP® / 3M 360 worksheet.
• Utilizes clinical skills to identify documentation opportunities that reflect severity of illness, acuity and resource consumption.
• Verbally communicates with appropriate physician(s) to ensure documentation opportunities are clarified.
• Communicates with ancillary personnel (e.g., PT, ET) to clarify potential documentation opportunities.
• Updates DRG worksheet to reflect any changes in patient status, procedures/treatments, and confers with physician to finalize diagnoses.
• Reviews medical record every 24‑48 hours as appropriate.
• Updates CDMP® / 3M 360 worksheet to reflect additional physician documentation, lab findings, diagnostic test results and treatment as appropriate.
• Updates CDMP® / 3M 360 worksheet to reflect any changes in DRG and/or APR assignment.
• Communicates with physician to ensure that request for documentation has been noted.
• Confers with physician to establish appropriate severity of illness and ensure documentation of principal diagnosis, comorbid conditions, complications and procedures.
• Conducts follow‑up reviews of clinical documentation to ensure issues discussed and clarified with the physician have been documented in patient's chart.
• As appropriate, documents and analyzes data and reports instances of inappropriate patient care, discharge delays, etc. to Director of Health Information.
• Follows established CDMP® process for follow‑up reviews and physician communication.
• Reviews clinical issues with coding staff to assign working DRG using software.
• Collaborates with coding staff as needed to determine appropriate DRG and required documentation.
• Utilizes coding staff knowledge of Coding Clinics that impact CDMP®.
• Provides clinical expertise and references to the coding staff.
• Follows established guidelines for reconciling final coded DRG with the CDMP® DRG assigned at the time of discharge.
• Stays current with and conducts on‑going clinical documentation management program education for new staff, including new clinical documentation specialists, physicians and nursing and allied health professionals. Tracks and trends program compliance.
• Attends and participates in weekly educational conferences.
• Participates in concurrent performance improvement activities and on‑going MR review activities.
• Reviews CDMP® / 3M 360 tracking data in conjunction with established benchmarks.
• Provides overview of CDMP® to new staff, allied health professionals and physicians.
• Maintains positive and open communications with physicians, interdisciplinary care team members, coding staff, Coding Compliance Manager, Department Director and Emergency Trauma Dept.
• Screens ED inpatient admissions and observations determining the necessity and appropriateness of hospitalizations using facility criteria.
• Recommends admission or observation disposition to the ED physician in accordance…