Clinical Data Abstractor – Specialist

🕒 July 8

🏰 Missouri – Remote

🏰 Missouri – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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SSM Health

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10,000+ employees

🛡️ Insurance

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

💰 Debt Financing on 2019-11

Insurance • Consulting • Logistics

SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving communities across the Midwest. It is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the United States, operating 23 hospitals and over 650 physician offices, along with other outpatient and virtual care services in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. SSM Health is dedicated to providing high-quality care through a comprehensive, integrated health care delivery system. The organization values diversity, inclusion, and the professional growth of its 40,000 team members. SSM Health is committed to exceptional patient care, showcasing a rich heritage of service for over 150 years.

📋 Description

• Analyze clinical data, identify trends, and report findings • Abstract and maintain comprehensive data from clinical records according to established clinical and regulatory requirements • Mitigate definitional issues and chart documentation discrepancies • Complete timely validation checks to support a high level of interrater reliability • Disseminate medical-record data accurately according to governing-body rules, algorithms, and protocols • Continuously learn and adapt to registry and regulatory changes • Collaborate with internal team members and external vendors to ensure inter-rater reliability, data accuracy, and timely submission • Contribute to specialized committee or work-group meetings supporting process improvements and patient outcomes • Identify process-improvement opportunities and trends • Review and resolve clinical data discrepancies or outliers on completed abstracts • Communicate performance considerations and improvement opportunities to appropriate parties • Report findings, opportunities, and trends to management • Extract facts from medical records using knowledge of medical terminology and anatomy, including when documentation quality is uncertain • Complete assigned certifications and pass required exams when applicable • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and experience • One year of experience in healthcare or a related field • Detail oriented • Self-motivated • Effective communicator • Critical thinking skills • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel • Experience with EPIC • Experience in database management • Familiarity with stroke patients • Background with data abstraction • Ability to complete assigned certifications and pass exams when required • Ability to work independently or within a team environment • Ability to multitask and prioritize a high volume of workload • Knowledge of medical terminology and anatomy • Frequent keyboard use/data entry • Ability to meet the listed physical requirements, including occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling of objects weighing 25–50 lbs.

🏖️ Benefits

• Paid parental leave: one week for eligible team members for newborns or newly adopted children, pro-rated based on FTE • Flexible payment options through DailyPay, providing eligible hourly team members instant access to earned, unpaid base pay before payday; fees may apply • Upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members • Comprehensive benefits package