CDI Coordinator - FT - Days - Cl Docu Integ Care - 22360

CDI Coordinator - FT - Days - Cl Docu Integ Care - 22360

DHR Health - US:TX:Edinburg - Days

Summary:

FLSA STATUS: Exempt Non-Exempt

MISSION STATEMENT:

Our Mission is to improve the well-being of those we serve with a commitment to excellence: every patient, every encounter, every time.

VISION:

Our Vision is to create a world-class health system to advance medicine and increase access for the communities we serve by empowering caregivers to heal through compassion, knowledge, innovation, integrated care and excellence.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The CDI Coordinator shall organize the daily activities of the CDIP department. He/she will help ensure the smooth workflow of assignments from all relevant parties within the CDIP Department. The CDI Coordinator will report directly only to the Director of CDI and will assist the Director of CDI, Manager of CDI and Supervisor of CDI along with the CDI Specialists in their daily workflow and assignments given by the Director of CDI. The CDI Coordinator will use his/her understanding of ICD-10 coding, CPT coding, PCS coding to help ensure the correct tasks are assigned to the correct levels within the department.

POSITION EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's Degree or Associate's degree required.

CCS Exam certification can be taken in consideration as well in lieu to the above.

Careful attention to detail

Ability to work in teams and individually

Understanding of basic concepts of CDI, Coding and billing

Self-starter and self-motivated attitude

Ability to work in time sensitive situations

Understanding of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook

Understanding of Paragon/3M software

Understanding of HIPPAA privacy laws

Understanding of the process of Medical Records

JOB KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:

Organizational, analytical, writing and interpersonal skills

Dependable and self-directed

Critical thinking, problem solving and deductive reasoning skills

Hospital experience preferred

Knowledge of pathophysiology and disease process

Basic computer skills familiarity with Windows based software programs

Knowledge of Medicare Part A

Familiar with Medicare Part B

Knowledge of regulatory environment

Understand and communicate differences between Medicare Part A and Part B guidelines and how they impact DRG assignments

Requires excellent interpersonal skills with physicians and nursing staff

Knowledge of State, Federal, and JCAHO regulations.

Responsibilities:

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others. Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practices.

Promotes the values of CDIP Department

Reports to the Director of CDI as well as senior leadership of the CDI-MD team

Able to generate reports for the Director of CDI.

Able to track, monitor and review daily pending CDI queries.

Helping in assisting with getting pending CDI queries answered.

Coordinating workflow requirements of CDIP in regards to both inpatient and outpatient CDI.

Maintain Excel spreadsheets of CDIP query progress.

Ability to assist with any tasks related to Coding or CDI using previous CCS exam knowledge (if applicable).

Ability to coordinate meetings for Director of CDI and other senior leadership of the CDI-MD team.

Print and distribute daily census to respective CDIP team members.

Ability to work both efficiently and methodically.

Other information:

LINES OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

(Chain-of-command)

1. Director

CUSTOMER SERVICE:

Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.

AGE SPECIFIC:

Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirement relative to his or her age.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: (ADA):

A. Essential Duties: Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria.

The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position:

Light/moderate lifting up to 20 lbs, from the floor to shoulder height. - Yes - Kneeling - Yes

Must be able to assist other employees with lifting more than 20 lbs. - Yes - Walking - Yes

Light/moderate carrying up to 20 lbs. - Yes - Standing/Squatting - Yes

Straight pulling - Yes - Sitting - Yes

Pulling hand over hand - Yes - Pushing - Yes

Repeated bending - Yes - Stooping/Bending - Yes

Reaching above shoulder - Yes - Climbing Stairs - Yes

Simple grasping - Yes - Climbing Ladders - No

Dual simultaneous grasping - Yes - Depth Perceptions needed - Yes

Ability to see - Yes - Identify Colors - Yes

Operating office equipment - Yes - Twisting - Yes

Operating mechanical equipment - Yes - Crawling - No

Ability to read and write - Yes - Ability to Count - Yes

Ability to hear verbal communication without aid - Yes - Operating Personal Vehicle - Yes

Ability to comprehend written/verbal communication - Yes - Other: Ability to deal with stress - Yes

OSHA Category - III

B. Working Conditions: The individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise. There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.

C. Occupational Exposure: This position has minimal to no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and is an OSHA Category III (although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids). Person who performs these duties are not called upon as part of their employment to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way.

D. Aptitudes: HIGH 1 2 3 4 5 6 LOW

Intelligence: General learning ability: The ability to "catch on" or understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments. 3

Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively. To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs. To present information or ideas clearly. 3

Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately. 2

Spatial: Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects. Frequently described as the ability to "visualize" objects or two or three dimensions, or to think visually of geometric forms. 2

Form Perception: Ability to perceive pertinent details and objects or in pictorial or graphic material to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures and widths and lengths of lines. 3

Clerical Perception: Ability to receive pertinent details and verbal or tabular material. To observe differences in copy, to proofread words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic computation. 2

Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed. Ability to make a movement response accurately and quickly. 3