Director of Clinical Documentation Integrity

Job Responsibilities:

The JHHS Clinical Documentation Integrity Director (CDI) is responsible for the oversight of the CDI shared service team that is comprised of assistant directors, managers, Registered Nurses (RN) and/or Health Information Professionals in addition to the JHHS CDI Educator. The director acts as a systems expert on matters related to physician clinical documentation, coding, risk adjustment, education and reimbursement processes in working towards agreed upon quality and productivity targets for the health system. This role identifies opportunities to improve clinical documentation quality through 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.

Reports to the Executive Director of Regulatory Finance Informatics & Clinical Analytics of the Johns Hopkins Health System.

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

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
• Be familiar with all government health care reimbursement systems
• Familiarity with Quality Programs
• Coding experience preferred

Required Licensure/Certification

RN: Must possess current licensure to practice as RN in State of Maryland or another state that participates in the Nurse Licensure Compact. or

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) or

MD/DO: an active medical license is required; board certification preferred. Experience in Clinical Documentation Integrity strongly preferred.

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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