Ambulatory Clinical Documentation Speicalist

Hourly Pay Range :

$35.16 - $54.50 - The hourly pay rate offered is determined by a candidate's expertise and years of experience, among other factors.

Position Highlights :

• Position : Ambulatory Clinical Documentation Specialist I
• Location : Skokie, IL
• Full Time / Part Time : Full Time

Position Summary :

The Ambulatory Clinical Documentation Specialist I is a clinical position using clinical / nursing knowledge and understanding of national coding guidelines and standards of compliance to improve overall quality and completeness of clinical documentation within the patient electronic health record (EHR) using a multidisciplinary team process. Works collaboratively with ambulatory physicians, advance practice providers and HCC coding specialists to ensure the clinical information within the EHR is accurate, complete, and compliant. This includes accurate documentation to support the capture of Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC), ICD-10-CM specificity and medical necessity of ambulatory visits. Compliantly queries the provider as needed in their prospective chart reviews to ensure specification and clarification of documentation is captured at the time of the patient's visit. In addition, the CDS educates members of the patient care team both formally and informally regarding documentation guidelines, coding requirements and service specific requirements.

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Benefits :

Endeavor Health is a fully integrated healthcare delivery system committed to providing access to quality, vibrant, community-connected care, serving an area of more than 4.2 million residents across six northeast Illinois counties. Our more than 25,000 team members and more than 6,000 physicians aim to deliver transformative patient experiences and expert care close to home across more than 300 ambulatory locations and eight acute care hospitals - Edward (Naperville), Elmhurst, Evanston, Glenbrook (Glenview), Highland Park, Northwest Community (Arlington Heights) Skokie and Swedish (Chicago) - all recognized as Magnet hospitals for nursing excellence. For more information, visit www.endeavorhealth.org .

When you work for Endeavor Health, you will be part of an organization that encourages its employees to achieve career goals and maximize their professional potential.

Please explore our website ( www.endeavorhealth.org ) to better understand how Endeavor Health delivers on its mission to "help everyone in our communities be their best".

Endeavor Health is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. Please refer to the main career page for more information.

Diversity, equity and inclusion is at the core of who we are; being there for our patients and each other with compassion, respect and empathy. We believe that our strength resides in our differences and in connecting our best to provide community-connected healthcare for all.

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