Job description
Description
Providence St. Joseph Health is calling a Clinical Documentation Specialist to work remotely within our footprint states: AK, CA, MT, OR, TX and/or WA.
The Clinical Documentation Specialist (CDS) is responsible for supporting and facilitating the overall quality of medical record documentation by improving the completeness, accuracy, and reliability of clinical documentation. A key success factor of this process is educating providers through the query process and independently supporting them with education and feedback to accurately reflect the patient's true clinical picture within the medical record. In partnering with the coding team, the CDS will be an expert with ICD-10, MS-DRG and APR-DRG assignment.
The CDS's primary responsibility will be to obtain appropriate clinical documentation through extensive review of provider, nursing, ancillary, and other patient caregivers' documentation, to ensure that appropriate documentation and reimbursement is received for the level of services rendered to patients. The CDS exercises their judgment and discretion to ensure the clinical information utilized in analyzing and reporting outcomes is complete and accurate. On an ongoing basis, the CDS is responsible for supporting the direction and focus of education for providers and the coding staff within their assigned scope of work. The CDS must exercise independent judgment, critical thinking, ability to work independently while interpreting and following CMS guidelines, organizational policies, and procedures.
Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team at Revenue Cycle Business Services and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.
Required Qualifications:
- Associate of Science in Nursing or
- Licensed Registered Nurse (RN/ARNP) upon hire or
- Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG) upon hire or
- Licensed Medical Doctor (MD/DO) upon hire
- 5 years Clinical experience in acute care setting within the last 5 years OR 2-3 years Clinical Documentation Integrity experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing or a Bachelor of Science degree in healthcare or other related field (Foreign Medical Graduate)
- Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) upon hire
- Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) upon hire
- Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) upon hire
- Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) upon hire
- Certified Documentation Improvement Practitioner (CDIP) upon hire
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC) upon hire
- 1 year understanding of MS-DRG and APR-DRG assignment and fundamentals of establishing a DRG
- 1 year ICD-10 experience and/or understanding
- 1 year Clinical Documentation Specialist experience in acute care setting
Why Join Providence?
Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.
Salary Range:
NorCal (Napa, Sonoma)
Min: $50.74, Max: $81.90
Southern California, NorCal (Humboldt) Alaska (Kodiak, Seward, Valdez)
Min: $45.23, Max: $73.00
WA Puget Sound Oregon (Portland) Alaska (Anchorage)
Min: $43.49, Max: $70.03
Oregon (Hood River, Medford, Seaside)
Min: $40.45, Max: $65.29
Eastern Washington (Richland, Spokane, Walla Walla)
Min: $38.61, Max: $62.32
Montana
Min:$34.93, Max: $56.38
Texas
Min:$33.09, Max: $53.42
About Providence
At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.
The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Check out our benefits page for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.
Requsition ID: 202719
Company: Providence Jobs
Job Category: Documentation Management
Job Function: Quality/Process Improvements
Job Schedule: Full time
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Department: 4001 SS RC CLIN DOCMENT SWR
Address: CA Irvine 3345 Michelson Dr
Pay Range: $See Posting - $See Posting
The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Check out our benefits page for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.
Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Providence does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law.