CDI Consultant - $2000 Sign on Bonus Offered!

e4health; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

PTO policy

$2000 sign on bonus

Job summary

e4health is seeking a Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Consultant to ensure accurate clinical documentation that reflects the severity of illness and risk of mortality. This role requires strong analytical and communication skills, along with 2+ years of clinical documentation experience.

The position offers a full benefits package including a $2000 sign-on bonus, 401(k) with company match, and various insurance plans. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of clinical documentation experience.
• 3+ years of acute care experience.
• Iodine experience required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate clinical documentation reflecting severity of illness.
• Conduct audits and compliance checks for documentation.
• Provide education to staff on documentation improvements.

Skills

Clinical documentation experience

Analytical skills

Communication skills

PC proficiency

Clinical training

Education

RN required

BSN preferred

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Overview

At e4health, we Empower Better Health. The e4health Team is on a relentless mission to care for those teams who care for others. We bring our passion, ingenuity, and expertise to every engagement.

In joining our Team, we want your help to provide our customers with powerful solutions in the pursuit of quality, integrity, clinical and financial value across healthcare.

Serving more than 400 hospitals and health systems nationwide for nearly two decades, e4health provides solutions to tackle the toughest problems in healthcare with unmatched technology, mid‑revenue cycle, and operational expertise. e4health solutions streamline clinical, financial, and health information data and workflows, optimize coding, quality, and clinical documentation integrity processes, and address health IT operational challenges to deliver material results for healthcare organizations across the country. Learn more about us at www.e4.health.

Sign on Bonus

• $2000 sign on bonus

Position

Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Consultant

Responsibilities

• Ensures inpatient clinical documentation accurately reflects severity of illness and Risk of Mortality through concurrent and post‑discharge record reviews.
• Ensures Present on Admission clinical conditions are documented accurately and within defined regulatory timeframes.
• Ensures documentation reflects accurate safety rating scores and quality of care scores (PSIs).
• Participates in education sessions and feedback to coders, CDI reviewers, and Hospital Quality Departments under the direction of the HIM Documentation Education Manager.
• Conducts regular audits using standardized methodology to ensure compliance with POA, HACs and PSI documentation.
• Tracks and trends data for use by the HIM Documentation Quality and Education Manager in order to assist with CDI and Coding team quarterly data quality reviews, and escalates any observed issues impacting documentation or coding quality.
• Ensures coding and DRG assignment is in compliance with CMS rules and regulations as well as current coding practices and conventions.
• Is familiar with OIG workplan to determine payer denial patterns in order to target education needs and focused audits.
• Applies information related to coding changes, DRG and quality score changes that could significantly impact data quality and/or revenue via Case Mix Index.

Benefits

We offer an excellent salary, full benefits package including 401(k) with company match, medical, dental, vision, life, short/long term disability insurance, and PTO policy.

Physical Demands

Sitting, talking, hearing and near vision are required over 90% of the time. Feeling is required over 90% of the time and reaching is required about 50% of the time. The ability to travel to field sites may be required up to 15% of the time.

Working Conditions

Over 90% of the time is spent indoors, with protection from weather conditions. Exposure to noise levels that may be distracting or uncomfortable is present only in unusual situations.

Application Requirements

Applicants for U.S. based positions must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Required Qualifications

• RN required
• Iodine experience required
• 2+ years of clinical documentation experience
• Strong clinical training experience
• APR experience required
• 3+ years of acute care experience required
• Strong analytical skills to clinically evaluate the medical record
• Proficiency using a PC for medical record review along with Microsoft products (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Effective communication with e4health management and clients

Preferred Qualifications

• BSN preferred
• Smarter Dx experience
• Epic & 3M 360 experience

Equal Opportunity

e4health is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected category.