Staff Position

Registered Nurse (RN) - Quality Assurance
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Saint Louis, MO

$75K-117K/year
Posted 2 days ago

Overview

  • Start DateASAP
  • Facility Information
    Short Term Acute Care1,394 beds

Pay

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$75K-117K/year

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Additional Information About the Role

BJC HealthCare is seeking a Clinical Documentation Quality Coordinator to join our team!


Overview

Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nation's top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Barnes-Jewish Hospital's staff is composed of full-time academic faculty and community physicians of Washington University School of Medicine, supported by a house staff of residents, interns, fellows and other medical professionals. Recognizing its excellence in nursing care, Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.


Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

The Clinical Documentation Quality Coordinator (CDQC) is an advanced Clinical Documentation Specialist (CDS) at the enterprise level who uses extensive Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) experience to perform second level reviews of complex clinical cases and focused reviews of target case populations prior to final coding and billing across BJC. The CDQC responds to concurrent review requests from CDSs across the system, provides guidance to CDSs and coders to reconcile DRG mismatches, approves the withdrawal of queries, and escalates unanswered queries to Physician Champions. Drawing on his/her advanced CDI knowledge, the CDQC regularly analyzes data and reports to identify hospital/enterprise trends, areas of opportunity and provides education to facility-based CDSs and physicians based on this analysis. This position also performs focused second level reviews in mortality reviews, PSI reviews, and other identified projects indicated through data analysis.

 

Responsibilities

  • Reviews clinical documentation to facilitate the accurate representation of the severity of illness, expected risk of mortality, and complexity of care by improving the quality of the physician’s clinical documentation; identifies high impact cases and risk areas and performs second level reviews for additional opportunities on complex cases; performs post-discharge, pre-bill reviews of target case populations; queries physicians for additional documentation; validates the appropriateness of coder (CDC I, I & III) requests; responds to Coding Quality Coordinators (CQCs) requests for review from a clinical perspective; assists with query escalation to the Physician Champions.
  • Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the MS-DRG system, CCs/MCCs, impact on quality, and CMI as well as ICD-10 coding systems and the guidelines related to clinical documentation improvement; serves as a resource for the Clinical Documentation Specialist (CDS) team; utilizes hospital coding code set, policies and procedures, federal and state coding reimbursement guidelines, and the Coding Clinic Guidelines to assign work; reviews patient records throughout hospitalization that have been identified as focus DRG by regulatory agencies; initiates physician interaction when abnormal ancillary test findings, ambiguous, missing or conflicting information is in the medical record.
  • Leads provider engagement, relationship establishment and maintenance for shared accountability related to enterprise CDI and documentation improvement efforts, with all providers across the enterprise.
  • Leads enterprise functional teams for educations, standard queries, standard process & technology, analytics, etc.; acts as a consultant to quality managers, management team, medical staff and health care staff regarding core measure performance and clinical documentation opportunities; leads and manages content development and presentation to key healthcare providers, education resulting from the analysis of clinical and financial information.
  • Establishes enterprise standards; identifies enterprise trends, variances, deficiencies, and problems utilizing aggregated data and information as part of the integrated clinical documentation improvement program; conducts provider and group level CDI data trend analysis, identifies issues and proposes solutions to leadership.
  • Minimum Requirements

    Education

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • - Nursing

    Experience

  • 5-10 years
  • Preferred Requirements

    Education

  • Master's Degree
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Cert Clinical Documentation
  • Cert Doc Improve Practitioner

  • Benefits and Legal Statement

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    At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

    • Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
    • Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
    • Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
    • 401(k) plan with BJC match
    • Tuition Assistance available on first day
    • BJC Institute for Learning and Development
    • Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
    • Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
    • Adoption assistance

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    *Not all benefits apply to all jobs

    The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer

    BJC HealthCare Job ID #113991. Posted job title: Documentation Quality Coordinator

    Facility

    Barnes-Jewish Hospital

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    • Short Term Acute Care
    • 1,394 beds
    ADDRESSOne Barnes-Jewish Hospital PlazaSaint Louis, MO 63110
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    Employer

    BJC HealthCare

    About

    BJC HealthCare is one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States, delivering services to residents primarily in the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois and southeast Missouri regions. With net revenues of $6.3 billion and more than 30,000 employees, BJC serves patients and their families in urban, suburban and rural communities through its 14 hospitals and multiple community health locations. Services include inpatient and outpatient care, primary care, community health and wellness, workplace health, home health, community mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care and hospice.

    BJC is the largest provider of charity care, unreimbursed care and community benefits in the state of Missouri. BJC and its hospitals and health service organizations provide $785.9 million annually in community benefit. That includes $410.6 million in charity care and other financial assistance to patients to ensure medical care regardless of their ability to pay. In addition, BJC provides additional community benefits through commitments to research, emergency preparedness, regional health care safety net services, health literacy, community outreach and community health programs and regional economic development.

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    About Saint Louis, MO

    Cost of Living
    • The cost of living in Saint Louis is lower than the national average, making it an affordable city for travel nurses.
    • Wages generally match up with the lower cost of living.
    Weather
    • Summer average highs are around 89°F, and winter average lows are around 23°F.
    Furnished Housing
    • Short term rentals are relatively easy to find in Saint Louis, with options ranging from furnished apartments to corporate housing.
    Transportation
    • Saint Louis is car-friendly, but it also has a public transportation system including buses and a light rail system called Metrolink.
    Demographics
    • Saint Louis has a diverse population with a wide age range.
    • Common health issues include heart disease and obesity.
    • There is a large population of travel nurses due to the presence of multiple healthcare facilities.
    Things to Do
    • Saint Louis offers a variety of activities including a vibrant restaurant scene, art museums like the Saint Louis Art Museum, live music venues, sports events such as baseball games at Busch Stadium, and outdoor attractions like the Missouri Botanical Garden and Forest Park.
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