**Manager- Outpatient Clinical Documentation Improvement/Full Time/Hybrid

Henry Ford Health; Flint (MI); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive health benefits

Tuition assistance

Discounts to various businesses

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Michigan is seeking a Manager for Outpatient Clinical Documentation Improvement. This full-time hybrid role involves managing day-to-day operations of outpatient CDI, ensuring high-quality clinical documentation and coding. Candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration or related fields, along with five years of clinical operations experience and necessary nursing or coding certifications. This position offers a supportive work environment with a focus on team well-being and career development.

Qualifications

• Five years clinical operations experience in nursing or coding.
• Experience in project management and data analysis.
• Strong communication skills to teach complex concepts.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate outpatient clinical documentation operations.
• Act as liaison for staff regarding clinical documentation.
• Oversee training and quality reviews for coding improvement.

Skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organizational ability

Leadership capabilities

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or Healthcare Administration

Registered Nurse (RN or BSN) and/or Coding Certification

Tools

ICD-10 CM/PCS knowledge

Job description

**Manager- Outpatient Clinical Documentation Improvement/Full Time/Hybrid

The Outpatient Clinical Documentation (CDI) Manager is responsible for managing, coordinating, and performing day-to-day operations for the outpatient clinical documentation improvement program across the multi-facility integrated healthcare delivery system. Day-to-day operations include personnel management, education, training, productivity, work assignments, quality reviews, and report management for the Outpatient CDI program. Acts as a liaison for physicians, medical group leadership, clinical and ancillary departments regarding appropriate clinical documentation, coding rules and regulations, HCC Coding and Risk Adjustment analysis and reimbursement guidelines. Actively works with organizational leadership to plan, design, test, implement, and evaluate integrated revenue cycle systems and solutions that support and enhance business practice, administrative and management needs. Facilitates and promotes standardization across Henry Ford Health System and ensures alignment of high quality documentation and coding that supports compliant and accurate medical record documentation.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or Healthcare Administration. A Bachelor's Degree in Art or Science with a medical focus would also be acceptable. Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred.
• Five (5) years clinical operations experience as evidenced by Acute or Ambulatory Nursing and/or Coding and CDI experience directly related to revenue coding and reimbursement for hospital or physician services.
• Significant project management experience and outstanding analytical, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to teach complex technical/analytical concepts to physicians, system leadership, management and staff.
• Analytical ability necessary to conduct basic research, analyze and interpret data, evaluate processes and propose improvements.
• Ability to manage, coordinate, and lead simultaneously.
• Ability to estimate time frames and meet projected deadlines.
• Ability to understand and lead change.
• Ability to develop strong working and collaborative relationships with physician leaders in clinical and academic settings.
• Demonstrates clinical and/or coding competence.
• Demonstrate experience in all areas of medical record functions, including privacy & compliance regulations.
• Demonstrates strong knowledge of ICD-10 CM/PCS conventions, rules and regulations.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:

• Registered Nurse (RN or BSN) and/or Coding Certification required. Coding Certification may be CPC, CCS, RHIT, and RHIA.

Additional Information

• Organization: Corporate Services
• Department: CDI - Education Delivery
• Shift: Day Job
• Union Code: Not Applicable

This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.

Overview

Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers .

The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity / Affiant action Employer Henry Ford Health is

committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to

race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,

weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,

or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.