Guidehouse
Consulting • Digital Services • Public Sector
Guidehouse is a global consultancy offering advisory, digital, and managed services across commercial and public sectors. It is purpose-built to support industries such as national security, financial services, healthcare, energy, and infrastructure. Guidehouse collaborates with leaders to navigate complexity and drives transformational changes that impact the future. Their expertise spans data analytics, digital technologies, risk management, and more, with a strong emphasis on sustainability and innovation.
10,000+ employees
Founded 2018
💰 Grant on 2023-02
Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialist
November 22
Guidehouse
Consulting • Digital Services • Public Sector
Guidehouse is a global consultancy offering advisory, digital, and managed services across commercial and public sectors. It is purpose-built to support industries such as national security, financial services, healthcare, energy, and infrastructure. Guidehouse collaborates with leaders to navigate complexity and drives transformational changes that impact the future. Their expertise spans data analytics, digital technologies, risk management, and more, with a strong emphasis on sustainability and innovation.
10,000+ employees
Founded 2018
💰 Grant on 2023-02
📋 Description
• The CDI Specialist is responsible for comprehensive secondary clinical chart reviews to identify potential missed opportunities for documentation clarification. • Collaborates closely with Coders, Coding Educators, Coding Quality Auditors, Case managers, Quality Department and Providers to assure documentation is clinically appropriate, accurately reflects the severity of illness and risk of mortality for the patient and is reflective of current CMS or other regulatory standards. • Conducts daily, concurrent review of inpatient records on assigned unit(s) to ensure complete and accurate physician and or clinician documentation is present at the time of discharge for accurate, timely, and compliant coding. • Reviews daily admissions to assigned unit, perform initial code assignment for a working DRG and complete CDI software data entry for initial and follows up case reviews (or worksheet to include code and DRG assignment) and submit to Program Assistant. • Updates “working DRG” as documentation supports, or physician query answer supports a change in the DRG assignment. • Communicates to the CDI Coordinator when volume of daily review assignments is too high or low so that CDI Coordinator can assist in adjusting review assignments amongst the team. • Initiates compliant physician queries when documentation is confusing, ambiguous, or missing and follows up with MD to seek immediate response to query.
🎯 Requirements
• Bachelor's degree • One of the following: RN, MD, or MD Equivalent (MBBS) • 4 years' experience providing direct patient care to acute and chronically ill patients in inpatient settings, critical care, ED or strong med-surg experience preferred. • 2 + years prior CDI experience • Familiarity with encoder and DRG assignment • Maintain current working knowledge of official coding guidelines and coding clinics
🏖️ Benefits
• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance • Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays • Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus • Parental Leave • 401(k) Retirement Plan • Basic Life & Supplemental Life • Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability • Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities • Skills Development & Certifications • Employee Referral Program • Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach • Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
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