UnitedHealth Group-posted 7 months ago
$59,500 - $116,600/Yr
Full-time • Entry Level
Remote • Dallas, TX
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Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. The Clinical Document Improvement Specialist - (CDS) is responsible for providing CDI program oversight and day to day CDI implementation of processes related to the concurrent review of the clinical documentation in the inpatient medical record of Optum 360 clients' patients. The goal of the CDS oversight and practice is to assess the technical accuracy, specificity, and completeness of provider clinical documentation, and to ensure that the documentation explicitly identifies all clinical findings and conditions present at the time of service. This position reviews all clinical information and documentation to make improvements that result in accurate, comprehensive documentation that reflects completely, the clinical treatment, decisions, and diagnoses for the patient. The CDS utilizes clinical expertise and clinical documentation improvement practices as well as facility specific tools for best practice and compliance with the mission/philosophy, standards, goals and core values of Optum 360. In this position the CDS will utilizing the Optum™ CDI 3D technology that is assisting hospitals to improve data quality to accurately reflect the quality of care provided and ensure revenue integrity.

  • Perform concurrent and retrospective chart reviews for improving the overall completeness of clinical documentation
  • Keep abreast of current coding trends and maintains up to date knowledge of Medicare rules and regulations regarding diagnosis coding and CDI current trends
  • Effectively utilizes ICD-10 and related materials to investigate coding issues and produce accurate results
  • Conducts daily follow-up communication with providers regarding existing clarifications to obtain needed documentation specificity
  • Provides expert level leadership for overall improvement in clinical documentation by providing proficient level review and assessment, and effectively articulating recommendations for improvement, and the rational for the recommendations
  • Actively communicates with providers at all levels, to clarify information and to communicate documentation requirements for appropriate diagnoses based on severity of illness and risk of mortality
  • Provides complete follow through on all requests for clarification or recommendations for improvement
  • Ensures effective utilization of Optum® CDI 3D Technology to document all clarification activity
  • Utilizes only the Optum360 approved clarification forms
  • Proactively develops a reciprocal relationship with the HIM Coding Professionals
  • Engages and consults with Physician Advisor /VPMA when needed, per the escalation process, to resolve provider issues regarding answering clarifications and participation in the clinical documentation improvement process
  • Must be 18 years of age or older
  • Registered Nurse with 3+ years of clinical acute care hospital OR care coordination experience OR Medical Graduate with CDI (Clinical Documentation Integrity) experience
  • Understanding of clinical medicine, pathophysiology, and pharmacology
  • Proficiency using a PC in a Windows environment, including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Ability to work full-time. Employees are required to have flexibility to work any of our 8-hour shift schedules during our normal business hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm with one weekend shift (Saturday or Sunday) as well. It may be necessary, given the business need, to work occasional overtime.
  • 5+ years of acute inpatient hospital coding with certifications
  • 5+ years acute care hospital clinical RN experience OR Medical Graduate with CDI experience and CDI certification (CCDS, CDIP)
  • 3+ years of CDI experience for an acute care hospital
  • BSN degree if a RN
  • Grasp of ICD-10 coding, coding conventions, and guidelines
  • CAC experience (Computer Assistant Coding)
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Incentive and recognition programs
  • Equity stock purchase
  • 401k contribution
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