Medical writer

• Facilitating the improvement in the overall quality and completeness of provider-based clinical documentation in the medical record
• Assisting treating providers to ensure documentation accurately reflects diagnostic-related group, severity of illness, risk of mortality, risk adjustment, and complexity of patient care rendered
• Conducting accurate and timely concurrent record reviews
• Ensuring data integrity of the clinical documentation database
• Educating customers through presentations and reports on documentation opportunities

RN Clinical Documentation Specialist

• Performs concurrent analytical reviews of clinical and coding data to improving physician documentation for all conditions and treatments from point of entry to discharge.
• Facilitates the resolution of queries and educates members of the patient care team regarding documentation guidelines.
• Collaborates with coding professionals to ensure accuracy of diagnostic and procedural data.
• Completes initial reviews of patient records and evaluates documentation to assign the principal diagnosis.
• Maintains appropriate productivity level.
• Conducts follow-up reviews of patients to assign a working or final DRG assignment upon patient discharge.
• Queries physicians regarding missing, unclear, or conflicting health record documentation.
• Identifies issues with reporting of diagnostic testing proactively.
• Enhances expertise in query development, presentation, and standards.
• Educates physicians and key healthcare providers regarding clinical documentation improvement.
• Attends department meetings to review documentation related issues.
• Conducts independent research to promote knowledge of clinical topics and coding guidelines.
• Collaborates with coding to reconcile the DRG and resolves mismatches.

Clinical Documentation Specialist, First Reviewer

• Deliver formal education to staff and providers
• Develop impactful learning modules
• Conduct audits to ensure accuracy and continuous improvement
• Assist with onboarding new hires
• Provide ongoing, continuing education and competency assessments
• Perform concurrent, retrospective, and secondary clinical chart reviews

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