Description

Adventist HealthCare seeks to hire an experienced Director of CDI for our Clinical Documentation Department, who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing.
 

As a Director CDI, you will: 

• Responsible for directing and leading the clinical documentation improvement CDI team, ensuring productivity, quality, education/training, auditing, compliance, queries and standardized practices to align with organizational and best practice goals
• Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of the CDI program, analyzing appropriate internal and external data, benchmarking, and information to identify opportunities for improving CDI and documentation practices.
• Leads development of timely, compliant educational materials for staff and physicians to enhance documentation accuracy and alignment with best practices, and serves as a resource on DRG information and regulatory requirements
• Establishes and monitors departmental metrics and budgets that are aligned with the organization’s strategic priorities and sets and communicates expectations, ensuring department metrics are met or exceeded, while developing and monitoring corrective action plans when necessary.
• Fosters a transparent, supportive work environment, building strong relationships with revenue cycle, quality, medical staff, HIM, compliance, and leaders across the system to advance key objectives, communicate CDI/CMI processes and outcomes to senior leaders.
• Optimizes CDI program performance, ensuring alignment with goals, compliance with coding and regulatory standards, specifically for CMS and government agency regulations. Identifies opportunities for improvement using data-driven strategies and Lean Six Sigma principles.
• Innovates and uses CDI software adoption and optimization to drive program efficiency and improvement.
• Develops CDI strategy in collaboration with quality, revenue cycle, and physician leaders through system-level governance. Specifically collaborates with HIM and coding departments to ensure alignment and resolve discrepancies
• Establishes an effective auditing process
• Leads system-wide projects and continuous improvement initiatives, incorporating best practices and regulatory changes.

Qualifications include:

• Excellent communication skills, employing tact and effectiveness.
• Demonstrated strong leadership and management of people and processes.
• Ability to converse with physicians in sometimes difficult scenarios.
• Ability to conduct presentations to physicians and leadership.
• In-depth understanding of clinical processes, medical terminology, ICD-10, CPT, and DRG coding systems, with an understanding of APR DRG and the Maryland model preferred.
• Strong ability to analyze documentation, identify gaps, and implement solutions for improvement
• Proficiency in data analytics and reporting to make evidence-based recommendations.
• BSN Equivalent
• RN (Registered Nurse)
• Current Maryland license
• Masters preferred
• Relevant certification required, e.g. CDIP or CCDS
• 7 or more years of acute care hospital experience as a CDI/CDS Nurse
• Clinical experience as a floor nurse and/or in clinical quality
• Experience with the Maryland reimbursement model pertaining to DRG, POA, SOI, and MHACs preferred.
• Oracle Cerner experience preferred
• Soventum 360 experience preferred
• 3 or more years prior CDI management experience in a multi-entity system
• CCDS (Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist) or CDIP (Clinical Documentation Improvement Practitioner).
• Maryland State License
• Maintains current working knowledge of Coding Clinic Guidelines and federal updates to DRG system (MS, APR, AP etc)
• Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, microbiology, and disease processes. 

Work Schedule: Day Shift

Pay Range: $127,850.69 - $191,776.04If the salary range is listed as $0 or if the position is Per Diem (with a fixed rate), salary discussions will take place during the screening process.

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), this position is classified as: United States of America (Exempt) 

At Adventist HealthCare our job is to care for you.

We do this by offering:

• Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
• Free Employee parking
• Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire
• Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)
• Paid Time Off
• Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period 
• Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance
• Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support
   

As a faith-based organization, with over a century of caring for the communities in the Maryland area, Adventist HealthCare has earned a reputation for high-quality, compassionate care. Adventist HealthCare was the first and is the largest healthcare provider in Montgomery County.

If you want to make a difference in someone’s life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals who are doing just that, making a difference.

Join the Adventist HealthCare team today, apply now to be considered!

COVID-19 Vaccination

Adventist HealthCare strongly recommends all applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment. Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination.

Tobacco and Drug Statement

Tobacco use is a well-recognized preventable cause of death in the United States and an important public health issue. In order to promote and maintain a healthy work environment, Adventist HealthCare will not hire applicants for employment who either state that they are nicotine users or who test positive for nicotine and drug use.

While some jurisdictions, including Maryland, permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes, marijuana continues to be classified as an illegal drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act.  As a result, medical marijuana use will not be accepted as a valid explanation for a positive drug test result.

Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana. Those testing positive are given the opportunity to re-apply in 90 days, if they can truthfully attest that they have not used any nicotine products in the past ninety (90) days and successfully pass follow-up testing. ("Nicotine products" include, but are not limited to: cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco, e-cigarettes, vaping products, hookah, and nicotine replacement products (e.g., nicotine gum, nicotine patches, nicotine lozenges, etc.).

Equal Employment Opportunity
Adventist HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to attracting, engaging, and developing the best people to cultivate our mission-centric culture. Our goal is to have a welcoming, equitable, and safe place to work and grow for all employees, no matter their background. AHC does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and related medical conditions, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Adventist HealthCare will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.  Adventist HealthCare is a religious organization as defined under applicable law; however, it will endeavor to provide reasonable accommodations for applicants’ religious beliefs. 

Applicants who wish to request accommodations for disabilities or religious belief should contact the Support Center HR Office.