Clinical Documentation Liaison

Clinical Documentation Liaison Maitland, FL

AdventHealth Orlando

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• Job Schedule: Full-time
• Pay Range: $40.24 - $74.85 per hour
• Job ID: 25008407
• Job Family: Quality/Clinical Effectiveness
• Shift: 1 - Day
  
  

At AdventHealth Orlando, what started as a converted farmhouse in rural Central Florida has become Central Florida’s major tertiary health care facility. Patients come from the Southeast, the Caribbean and even as far as South America for our proven expertise and compassionate health care.

With a variety of Orlando hospital jobs, we invite you to start or elevate your career with a new job at AdventHealth Orlando. We constantly seek out Orlando nurses, medical assistants, nurse assistants, patient care and health administration professionals who share our passion for whole-person health care. Learn more about our open positions and apply to become an invaluable part of our team.

Every day, our fellow team members show up to work, unified by one shared mission: Extending the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. As a faith-based health care organization, our story is one of hope as we strive to heal and restore the body, mind and spirit. Though our facilities are spread across the country, this unwavering belief binds us together. Across every office, exam and patient room, we’re committed to providing individualized, holistic care. This is our Christian mission, and it inspires us to help make communities healthier and happier.

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

• Benefits from Day One
• Paid Days Off from Day One
• Student Loan Repayment Program *For Eligible Positions
• Career Development
  
  

Schedule: Full Time

Shift : Days

Location: 601 East Rollins Street Orlando, FL 32803 (Local Travel Required, Hybrid)

The community you’ll be caring for: AdventHealth Orlando

• Located on a lush tropical campus, our flagship hospital, 1,368-bed AdventHealth Orlando
• Serves as the major tertiary facility for much of the Southeast, the Caribbean and South America
• AdventHealth Orlando houses one of the largest Emergency Departments and largest cardiac catheterization labs in the country
• We are already one of the busiest hospitals in the nation, providing service excellence to more than 32,000 inpatients and 125,000 outpatients each year
  
  

General Summary

The role you’ll contribute:

The Clinical Documentation Integrity Physician Liaison is a Registered Nurse, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, or Foreign Medical Graduate with a high level of clinical proficiency necessary to help in facilitating education and communication of Clinical Documentation Integrity concepts to our Physician Partners and Advanced Practitioners. Must have proven clinical background of at least 5 years or more in the acute care setting and at least 2 years of Clinical Documentation Integrity skills that will promote effective and efficient review of physician documentation that supports the patient's level of care and develop action plans for improvement in physician documentation and documentation practices.

The Clinical Documentation Integrity Physician Liaison will report directly to the ACMO (VP) of Clinical Services and will work extensively with CDI teams, physicians, Chief Medical Officers, Chief Financial Offers, Chief Nursing Officers, and Physician Advisors at the hospital campuses to coordinate an efficient review and documentation capture of the underlying conditions that are supported by the physicians’ secondary review of the patient record.

This position works under general supervision, utilizes critical thinking skills, demonstrates outstanding customer service, and accepts responsibility in maintaining relationships that are equally respectful to all.

Principal Duties And Job Responsibilities

• Maintains knowledge of all federal, state, and local documentation guidelines as well as ICD10 and coding guidelines and communicates changes to stakeholders as appropriate.
• Audits Physician(s) and Physician Groups and provides education and feedback based on results.
• Provides ongoing feedback to physicians, administration, Physician Advisor, CDI Director, and VP of Clinical Services.
• Works in conjunction with Coding Liaison, CDI Director, and VP of Clinical Services to provide in-services and continuing education to the physicians and clinical departments.
• Communicate highly complex information to audiences with a varied level of understanding of severity of illness and risk of mortality to ensure optimal reimbursement.
• Delivers and coordinates training for individual physicians and Physician groups on an ongoing basis. This includes new physician onboarding and an as needed basis for contracted and non-contracted AdventHealth physicians.
• Ability to appropriately handle stress and interact with others.
• Supports the campuses by generating and analyzing data and reports to identify opportunities for continuous growth and improvement; provides feedback to site-based teams and administrators, develops, and implements action plans when appropriate.
• Monitors the use and implementation of physician tools that help make it easy for physicians to document the most accurate, complete, and timely care in the medica record at the time of care.
• Meets regularly with the acute care campus site and regional site-based Physician Advisor designee.
• Acts as a liaison between CDI leadership, staff members of the Revenue Cycle, other interdisciplinary team members, physicians, and physician leadership at all applicable levels of leadership, and external partners. Communicates appropriately and effectively with all involved parties.
• Assumes personal responsibility for professional growth, development, and continuing education to maintain a high level of proficiency.
• Maintains confidentiality of employees’, patients’, and administrative and medical staff’s information with no infractions and performs other duties as assigned.
• Uses critical thinking and sound judgment in decision making keeping reimbursement considerations in balance with regulatory compliance.
• Assists in the development and implementation of site facility work plans; collaborates with all members of the health care team to ensure CDI success.
• Assist Director of CDI in analysis and evaluation of Facility CDI operations, finance, and implementation of recommend changes required to improve performance.
• Develop and manage CDI communications with the CDI educator, CDI Director, VP of Clinical Services, and Campus Leadership.
• Operationalize use of analytics and leverage of data to affect performance improvement.
  
  

Qualifications

• KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:
• Excellent verbal and written communication, experience in communications with Physicians· Strong leadership skills· Strong critical thinking/problem-solving skills· Understand CDI outcomes and operational metrics.
• Relationship Building· Self-motivated and ability to work independently.
• Ability to motivate employees to attain program and organizational goals.
• Computer literacy
• Understanding of DRG assignments and metrics· Understanding of coding guidelines for billing purposes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills· Knowledge of medical record investigative review· Ability to understand major objectives and break them down into meaningful action steps.
• Methodically analyzes and evaluates business problems by defining the challenges, identifying alternatives and making timely suggestions.
• Effective Communication and Influence skills
• Preparing and Presenting Materials, Education
  
  

Knowledge And Skills Preferred

• Knowledge of Epic
  
  

Education And Experience Required

• 2 or more years of Clinical Documentation Integrity Experience
• Nursing Degree (RN, BS, BSN, or advanced degree) or Foreign Medical Graduate
• 5 or more years of acute clinical experience
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word)
  
  

Education And Experience Preferred

• BSN, MSN
• One or more years of coding experience
  
  

Licensure, Certification Or Registration Required

• Current valid State of Florida or multi state license as a Registered Nurse OR
• Current active State of Florida license as a Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant or MD OR
  
  

Licensure, Certification Or Registration Preferred

• CCDS
  
  

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.

Category: Quality/Clinical Effectiveness

Organization: AdventHealth Orlando

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: 1 - Day

Req ID: 25008407

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not tolerate discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age or disability/handicap with respect to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.

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Our Promise To You

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.