CDI Operations Leader: Elevate Documentation Quality

Lake Charles Memorial Health System; Lake Charles (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Lake Charles Memorial Health System seeks a CDI Manager with extensive clinical documentation expertise to lead daily CDI operations and a team of CDI specialists. The role emphasizes DRG accuracy, SOI/ROM, and CMS compliance across patient records.

The incumbent will mentor staff, partner with Quality, Case Management, and Coding to improve documentation quality and reimbursement, and drive provider education and performance improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse/BSN or related clinical degree required.
• CCDS, CCDS or CDIP certification preferred/required.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Clinical Documentation Specialist.
• Minimum of 2 years supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily CDI operations and staff activities.
• Lead, coach, mentor, and evaluate CDI specialists for high performance.
• Monitor documentation quality, query practices, productivity, and performance metrics.
• Collaborate with physicians, coding, case management, quality, and revenue cycle teams to improve documentation accuracy and completeness.
• Provide provider education on documentation requirements, coding regulations, SOI, ROM, and quality measures.
• Ensure CMS compliance and adherence to coding guidelines and standards.
• Analyze CDI data and trends to implement improvement strategies.
• Support audits, denials management, and regulatory reviews related to documentation and coding.

Skills

CDI leadership

Second level reviewer

Clinical documentation

CMS regulations

Quality collaboration

Query practices

Staff supervision

Education

Registered Nurse/BSN

RHIA

RHIT

Tools

CCDS

CDDS

CCS

Job description

Lake Charles Memorial Health System seeks a CDI Manager with extensive clinical documentation expertise to lead daily CDI operations and a team of CDI specialists. The role emphasizes DRG accuracy, SOI/ROM, and CMS compliance across patient records.

The incumbent will mentor staff, partner with Quality, Case Management, and Coding to improve documentation quality and reimbursement, and drive provider education and performance improvement initiatives.