Educator, Clinical Documentation Improvement, Anywhere

R037423 Thank you for considering a career at Ensemble Health Partners! Ensemble Health Partners is a leading provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle management solutions for health systems, including hospitals and affiliated physician groups. They offer end-to-end revenue cycle solutions as well as a comprehensive suite of point solutions to clients across the country. Ensemble keeps communities healthy by keeping hospitals healthy. We recognize that healthcare requires a human touch, and we believe that every touch should be meaningful. This is why our people are the most important part of who we are. By empowering them to challenge the status quo, we know they will be the difference! O.N.E Purpose: • Customer Obsession: Consistently provide exceptional experiences for our clients, patients, and colleagues by understanding their needs and exceeding their expectations. • Embracing New Ideas: Continuously innovate by embracing emerging technology and fostering a culture of creativity and experimentation. • Striving for Excellence: Execute at a high level by demonstrating our “Best in KLAS” Ensemble Difference Principles and consistently delivering outstanding results. The Opportunity: AREER OPPORTUNITY OFFERING: • Bonus Incentives • Paid Certifications • Tuition Reimbursement • Comprehensive Benefits • Career Advancement • This position starts at: $69,400. Final compensation will be determined based on experience. By embodying our core purpose of customer obsession, new ideas, and driving innovation, and delivering excellence, you will help ensure that every touchpoint is meaningful and contributes to our mission of redefining the possible in healthcare. The Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Educator acts as a subject matter expert to educate, train, and develop/revise processes in coordination with leadership to assist in achieving CDI’s goal of facilitating accurate and complete documentation for coding and the capture of severity, acuity, and risk of mortality and most accurate Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) assignments. Essential Job Functions: Customer Obsession: Consistently provide exceptional experiences for our clients, patients, and colleagues by understanding their needs and exceeding their expectations. Embracing New Ideas: Continuously innovate by embracing emerging technology and fostering a culture of creativity and experimentation. Striving for Excellence: Execute at a high level by demonstrating our “Best in KLAS” Ensemble Difference Principles and consistently delivering outstanding results. • Implements and continuously develops onboarding for all new Clinical Documentation Specialists (CDSs) for mentoring and education needs. Leads and coordinates training of new CDI staff. Collaborate with CDI leadership and other clinicians to facilitate the ongoing relevance of department specific orientation content, educational materials, and training programs/resources. • Formulates customized education to other healthcare professionals based on audience and areas of opportunity. Audiences include, but are not limited to CDS/Coders, providers, mid-levels, nursing, dietary, Quality, etc. Education provided includes 1:1 education and/or group education. Interacts with medical staff members, directors, and senior hospital leadership staff as needed. • Makes recommendations for documentation improvement and queries to capture care and intensity of services as supported within the medical record documentation. • Demonstrates understanding of complications, co-morbidities, severity of illness, risk of mortality, case mix index, secondary diagnoses, and the impact of procedures on the final Diagnosis Related Group (DRG). • Educate members of the CDI team on the review functions within the CDI program to meet and maintain enterprise goals and objectives, regulatory compliance, policies and procedures and standard operating procedures. Assist with the development and maintenance of system CDI policies and procedures. Remain current on CDI guidelines and practices. • Ensures program compliance by following coding guidelines and coding clinics. Remains current with coding information to ensure accuracy of codes assigned based on documentation. • Serve as a key resource for accurate and ethical documentation standards and regulatory requirements. • Demonstrates the ability to draft compliant queries as endorsed by AHIMA and ACDIS. • Performs medical record reviews for completeness and accuracy in capturing severity of illness, risk of mortality and clinical validation. • Determines if professionally recognized standards of quality care are met. • Audits CDSs as needed to ensure that system objectives are met. Develops educational plan for individual CDS based on Quality Audit (QA) outcomes. Provides 1:1 mentoring as needed. • Oversees and coordinates SMART related education, meetings, and requirements for the department and as instructed by the SMART department. • May require periodic onsite coverage. Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: • 3 + years of experience in CDI • Detail oriented and self-motivated • Strong organizational skills • Excellent speaking and presentation skills • Working knowledge of Microsoft applications, including creation of Power Point presentations Required License: • Registered Nurse, current Required Certifications: • Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) and/or • Certified Documentation Improvement Practitioner (CDIP) and/or • Certified Revenue Cycle Representative (CRCR) and/or • Any coding related certifications or • Other approved job relevant certification #LI-LL1 #LI-Remote Join an award-winning company Five-time winner of “Best in KLAS” 2020-2022, 2024-2025 Black Book Research's Top Revenue Cycle Management Outsourcing Solution 2021-2024 22 Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) MAP Awards for High Performance in Revenue Cycle 2019-2024 Leader in Everest Group's RCM Operations PEAK Matrix Assessment 2024 Clarivate Healthcare Business Insights (HBI) Revenue Cycle Awards for strong performance 2020, 2022-2023 Energage Top Workplaces USA 2022-2024 Fortune Media Best Workplaces in Healthcare 2024 Monster Top Workplace for Remote Work 2024 Great Place to Work certified 2023-2024 • Innovation • Work-Life Flexibility • Leadership • Purpose + Values Bottom line, we believe in empowering people and giving them the tools and resources needed to thrive. A few of those include: • Associate Benefits – We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial health of you and your family, including healthcare, time off, retirement, and well-being programs. • Our Culture – Ensemble is a place where associates can do their best work and be their best selves. We put people first, last and always. Our culture is rooted in collaboration, growth, and innovation. • Growth – We invest in your professional development. Each associate will earn a professional certification relevant to their field and can obtain tuition reimbursement. • Recognition – We offer quarterly and annual incentive programs for all employees who go beyond and keep raising the bar for themselves and the company. Ensemble Health Partners is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is our policy not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Ensemble Health Partners also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Ensemble Health Partners provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law. If you require accommodation in the application process, please contact [email protected]. This posting addresses state specific requirements to provide pay transparency. 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