Clinical Documentation Specialist - Health Information Svcs

Job Description

Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children is Hawai'i’s only maternity, newborn and pediatric specialty hospital. It is well recognized as Hawai'i’s leader in the care of women, infants and children.

With 253 beds, the not-for-profit hospital delivers 6,000 babies a year, and is also a medical teaching and research facility.

Specialty services for patients throughout Hawai'i and the Pacific Region include intensive care for infants and children, 24-hour emergency pediatric and adult care, critical care air transport and high-risk perinatal care.

Over 1,400 employees and more than 700 physicians provide specialty care at Kapi'olani. The hospital is home to the Kapi'olani Women’s Center and the Women’s Cancer Center, and offers numerous community programs and services, such as specialty pediatric clinics, the Kapi'olani Child Protection Center and the Sex Abuse Treatment Center

Health Information Services (HIS) processes patient medical records and releases health information to patients, physicians, and other outside facilities for treatment, payment, or review.

HIS is the custodian and gatekeeper for privacy of the organization’s medical records and also generates the coding procedures for data collection, research, and reimbursement.

With the widespread computerization of health records and other information sources, including hospital administration functions and health human resources information, health informatics and health information technology are being increasingly used in the health care sector.

If you are highly organized and detail-oriented, you can help to manage our clinical records according to the highest ethical standards of patient privacy and security.

As the Clinical Documentation Specialist, you will work to improve the overall quality of medical record documentation to ensure compliance with Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) guidelines and to expedite reimbursement.

You will use both clinical and coding knowledge to obtain documentation through extensive interaction with physicians, nursing, other patient caregivers, Case Management and Health Information Management staff.

You will also ensure that the clinical information used in measuring and reporting outcomes is complete, accurate, and that reimbursement is received for services rendered to patients with DRG-based payers.

You will also educate members of the patient care team on documentation guidelines. We are looking for someone with exceptional organizational and communication skills, attention to detail and protocol and a commitment to delivering the highest quality health care to Hawai i’s people.

Location : Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Honolulu, HI

Work Schedule : Day - 8 Hours

Work Type : Full Time Regular

FTE : 1.000000

Bargaining Unit : Non-Bargaining

Starting Hourly Rate : 56.76

Exempt : Yes

Minimum qualifications : Bachelor’s degree and / or equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Current Hawai i Registered Nurse License.

Five (5) years of clinical experience in an acute setting that include inpatient bedside nursing.

Preferred Qualifications : Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) certification. Experience with InterQual, Milliman or other nationally recognized Utilization Management criteria.

Experience with DRGs or inpatient ICD-10-CM / PCS coding.

EOE / AA / Disabled / Vets

Hawai i Pacific Health offers a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package that includes pay and benefits. The pay rate, if displayed, is the minimum hourly rate for the position.

Rate of pay for selected candidates will be determined by various factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, relevant experience and training, as well as internal peer equity.

Position Clinical Documentation Specialist - Health Information Svcs

Category Health Information Management

Employment Type Employee

Location Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Honolulu, HI

Req ID 25421