Clinical Documentation Specialist

BronxCare Health System

Posted 18 days ago

Full Time

New York, New York

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The Clinical Documentation Specialist ensures the accuracy and integrity of patient medical records to support high-quality documentation and appropriate reimbursement. They act as a liaison between clinical staff and coding professionals while participating in quality improvement activities.

Qualifications

You are a foreign medical graduate or student with an MD and at least one year of experience in a patient care environment. You possess basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office, and excellent verbal and written communication abilities. You can thrive in a high-volume team setting and are detail-oriented.

Must Have Skills for ATS

MD

Microsoft Office

Job Description

Overview

The Clinical Documentation Specialist (CDS) at BronxCare Health System plays a critical role inensuring the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of patient medical records. This position serves as akey liaison between clinical staff, coding professionals, and administrative teams to support highqualitydocumentation that reflects the severity of illness, risk of mortality, and complexity of caredelivered. The CDS contributes directly to improved patient outcomes, regulatory compliance, andappropriate reimbursement.

Responsibilities

  • Establish and maintain positive relationships with patients, visitors and other employees. Interactsprofessionally, courteously, and appropriately with patients, visitors, and other employees. Behave in amanner consistent with maintaining and furthering a positive public perception of BronxCare HealthSystem and its employees.
  • Contribute to and participate in the Performance/Quality Improvement activities of the assigneddepartment. Contribution and participation includes data collection, analysis, implementation of andcompliance with corrective/improvement activities, membership on CQI teams, consistent adherenceto established performance standards and: adherence to the specific rules and regulations of theBronxCare Health System’s Safety & Security Policies; Risk Management: Incident and OccurrenceReporting; Infection Control Policies and Procedures; Patient and Customer Service.
  •  Coordinates and maintains all elements of the Clinical Documentation Improvement Program in orderto meet the goals and objectives of the organization and its stakeholders
  •  Meet CDI program objectives, goals, and balance scorecard metrics.
  •  Ensures timely, accurate, and complete documentation of clinical information used for measuring andreporting physician and hospital outcomes.
  •  Ensure effective communication with key stakeholders.
  •  Analyzes data, creates reports to meet desired outcomes.
  •  Identifies trends and opportunities for improvement in clinical documentation
  •  Meets program quality and productivity guidelines and standards.
  •  Collaborates with coding professionals to fully support the needs of clinical code assignment,communicates proficiently with coding professionals to resolve identified discrepancies.
  •  Work effectively with CDI team members to accomplish departmental goals.

Qualifications

Requirements:

  • Foreign medical graduates or students from accredited program.
  • MD
  • Minimum of 1 year experience within a patient care enviroment.
  • Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office
  • Excellent verbal and written communication
  • Must be able to work in a high-volume team enviroment
  • Detailed oriented

BronxCare Health System

BronxCare is the largest voluntary, not-for-profit health and teaching hospital system serving the South and Central Bronx, with 859 beds and more than 4,500 employees. Its two main hospital divisions, comprehensive psychiatric and chemical dependency programs, long-term care facility, and extensive outpatient network of 39 practices are providing the wide range of services needed by the community. BronxCare is now among the largest providers of outpatient services in New York City, with close to 750,000 visits annually. Its ER is among the largest in the nation with 127,000 visits annually. In 2023, BronxCare received full accreditation from the Joint Commission, the leading accrediting authority for hospitals in the nation. Its medical school affiliation with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and clinical collaboration with the Mount Sinai Health System, as well as 16 accredited residency and fellowship programs, are strong indicators of excellence. BronxCare’s outpatient practices are also certified as a Level Three Patient-Centered Medical Home (the highest designation) by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). As an engine for positive change, BronxCare has infused more than $400 million into the Bronx economy, including a new Pediatric Specialty Center and Ophthalmology Practice, among numerous other capital projects. A new 33-bed Medical-Surgical Unit at the Concourse Hospital Division and 20-bed Adult Psychiatric Unit at the Fulton Hospital Division will increase inpatient capacity to 912 beds, further reinforcing BronxCare’s ability to address the significant needs of the Bronx community. BronxCare is also modernizing its Inpatient Maternity and Labor and Delivery Units, as well as its Women’s Health Center and Neurology Suite, to improve the patient experience. Additionally, BronxCare’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Center Practice at 174th Street will be opening.
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