[Hiring] Manager - Outpatient Clinical Documentation Improvement @Henry Ford Health

Role Description

The Outpatient Clinical Documentation (CDI) Manager is responsible for managing, coordinating, and performing day-to-day operations for the outpatient clinical documentation improvement program across the multi-facility integrated healthcare delivery system. Day-to-day operations include:

• Personnel management
• Education and training
• Productivity and work assignments
• Quality reviews
• Report management for the Outpatient CDI program

Acts as a liaison for:

• Physicians
• Medical group leadership
• Clinical and ancillary departments regarding appropriate clinical documentation

Responsibilities also include:

• Understanding coding rules and regulations
• HCC Coding and Risk Adjustment analysis and reimbursement guidelines
• Working with organizational leadership to plan, design, test, implement, and evaluate integrated revenue cycle systems and solutions
• Facilitating and promoting standardization across Henry Ford Health System
• Ensuring alignment of high-quality documentation and coding that supports compliant and accurate medical record documentation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or Healthcare Administration
• Bachelor's Degree in Art or Science with a medical focus is acceptable
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred
• Five (5) years clinical operations experience in Acute or Ambulatory Nursing and/or Coding and CDI
• Significant project management experience
• Outstanding analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Analytical ability to conduct basic research, analyze and interpret data, evaluate processes, and propose improvements
• Ability to manage, coordinate, and lead simultaneously
• Ability to estimate time frames and meet projected deadlines
• Ability to understand and lead change
• Ability to develop strong working and collaborative relationships with physician leaders
• Demonstrates clinical and/or coding competence
• Experience in all areas of medical record functions, including privacy & compliance regulations
• Strong knowledge of ICD-10 CM/PCS conventions, rules, and regulations

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN or BSN) and/or Coding Certification required
• Coding Certification may be CPC, CCS, RHIT, or RHIA

Benefits

• This position is remote; however, occasional travel is needed in Michigan
• The candidate must live in Michigan or Northern Ohio
• Must be a nurse with a coding certification or a non-nurse with a coding background and a coding certification