Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Medical Director
About The Position
The Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Medical Director provides physician leadership for the CDI program by promoting accurate, complete, and compliant clinical documentation that accurately reflects the severity of illness, risk of mortality, quality of care, and resource utilization. This role collaborates with physicians, CDI specialists, coding professionals, case management, utilization review, quality, and hospital leadership to improve documentation practices, ensure regulatory compliance, optimize reimbursement, and improve patient outcomes. The CDI Medical Director serves as a physician champion for documentation excellence, supporting clinical integrity, quality reporting, and organizational performance through interdisciplinary collaboration and physician engagement.
Requirements
- Physician leadership experience.
- Experience in clinical documentation integrity.
- Understanding of severity of illness, risk of mortality, quality of care, and resource utilization.
- Collaboration skills with various healthcare professionals and leadership.
- Knowledge of documentation practices, regulatory compliance, and reimbursement optimization.
- Ability to engage physicians and drive documentation excellence.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with St. Joseph's Health systems or similar healthcare organizations.
- Familiarity with academic tertiary care medical centers and state-designated trauma centers.
Responsibilities
- Provides physician leadership for the CDI program.
- Promotes accurate, complete, and compliant clinical documentation.
- Ensures documentation accurately reflects severity of illness, risk of mortality, quality of care, and resource utilization.
- Collaborates with physicians, CDI specialists, coding professionals, case management, utilization review, quality, and hospital leadership.
- Improves documentation practices.
- Ensures regulatory compliance.
- Optimizes reimbursement.
- Improves patient outcomes.
- Serves as a physician champion for documentation excellence.
- Supports clinical integrity, quality reporting, and organizational performance through interdisciplinary collaboration and physician engagement.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Health, dental, Rx and vision plans
- 403b retirement plan options with company match
- Health & Wellness programs
- Eligibility for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
- PTO, and paid holidays
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- Long Term Disability (LTD)
- Life Insurance Options
- Onsite Day care Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
