About Us
McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist Registered Nurse
- Ensures the accuracy and completeness of clinical information used for measuring and reporting physician and hospital outcomes.
- Performs daily chart reviews seeking opportunity to clarify (query) documentation with the health record to capture accurate, complete and compliant documentation. Assigns Working DRGs & ICD10 CM/PCS codes.
- Facilitates necessary documentation in the medical record through extensive interaction with physicians, nursing staff, other patient caregivers, and collaboration with HIM/Coding staff to ensure the most appropriate reimbursement is achieved for the level of service rendered to all patients.
- Educates all members of the patient care team regarding clinical documentation needs, changes to clinical documentation guidelines, coding and reimbursement issues, and pay for performance documentation requirements on an on-going basis.
- Current Registered Nurse License in the State of practice
Minimum 5 years of acute hospital care experience
- CDIP certification
- Experience with CDI Software Tools (i.e. 3M 360, JATA, ChartWise, other)
- Knowledge of coding/documentation and billing regulations related to commercial insurance, Medicaid and Medicare. (i.e., APR-DRG, MS-DRG, Medicare, Medicaid & Managed Care)
- Experience in Utilization Management/Case Management, Critical Care, and patient outcomes/quality management preferred. Inpatient coding experience desired.
- Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS)
- Member with the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS)
Equal Opportunity Employer
McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.
