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Manager, Clinical Documentation Integrity

Brentwood, Tennessee

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Success within a company doesn’t just happen. It requires committed teams of talented people who understand and embrace an organization’s goals and work together at the highest level to achieve them. As a member of the Health Support Center (HSC) team, you’ll work collaboratively with a great group of people to serve Lifepoint’s diversified healthcare delivery network of hospitals and care sites across the nation. We know that providing high-quality care depends on our ability to find, keep and empower creative and determined people who share in our commitment to our mission: Making communities healthier.

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What do you need to be successful at Lifepoint Health? Here are the top traits we’re looking for:

  • Analytical
  • Compassionate
  • Problem-solver
  • Collaborative
  • Goal-oriented
  • Thoughtful

“I have been with Lifepoint for 3 years and have been fortunate to grow within this great company. I feel valued, I work with amazing colleagues, and I enjoy coming to work every day!”

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Benefits

  • Competitive pay

    We offer competitive pay for all employees based on the market, role, skill set and experience.

  • Growth opportunities and succession planning

    Our succession planning initiatives identify an internal bench of top talent and offer development opportunities to prepare them to fill crucial roles in the organization as they become available.

  • Insurance (for eligible employees)

    We’re committed to you and your family feeling supported and secure – our benefits include medical, eye, prescription, life insurance, and more.

  • Collaborative work environment

    We know that providing high-quality care depends on our ability to find, keep and empower creative and determined people who work together to advance our mission – making communities healthier.

  • Paid time off (for eligible employees)

    At Lifepoint, we believe in a strong work-life balance and offer competitive paid time off.

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

    As a Lifepoint employee, you and your family will have access to counseling and relationship support, legal services, financial services and more.

Manager, Clinical Documentation Integrity

Brentwood, Tennessee

Job ID 7410-8139 Date posted 02/03/2025
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Manager, Clinical Documentation Integrity

Who we are:

At Lifepoint Health, we provide quality healthcare to rural communities. As a valued member of our team, you will be an integral part of a group working together to elevate Lifepoint's healthcare delivery network. Our network includes 60+ community hospitals, 60+ rehabilitation/behavioral health hospitals, and 250 additional sites of care across the United States. As an organization, we are dedicated to serving communities nationwide by providing exceptional care. We believe in the power of our talented teams and strive to create environments where employees find purpose and fulfillment.

What you’ll do:

The Manager of Clinical Documentation Integrity directs the activities of the Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) program for their assigned facilities. The CDI Manager is responsible for providing CDI program oversight and day-to-day implementation and management of processes related to the concurrent review of the clinical documentation in the inpatient medical record. This includes, but is not limited to, overall responsibility for the planning, administration, control, and quality management of CDI Department activities in addition to regular reporting of department progress and initiatives to hospital leadership

 

This position collaborates with providers and other healthcare team members to make improvements that result in accurate, comprehensive documentation that reflects completely the clinical treatment, decisions, and diagnoses for the patient. This position utilizes clinical expertise and clinical documentation integrity practices and facility specific tools for best practice and compliance with the mission/philosophy, standards, goals, and core values of Lifepoint.

The CDI Manager is involved in the education of all phases of the Clinical Documentation Improvement process. Provides ongoing Clinical Documentation Integrity education for physicians & new staff and new initiatives or identified areas of knowledge deficit. Tracks and trends program compliance to determine areas of focus for educational opportunities.

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for the operations and human resource needs of the CDI team for assigned facilities. 
  • Direct and maintains adequate staffing and workflow to meet CDI team’s needs. 
  • Monitor various reports and productivity to ensure that production standards and objectives are met in areas of responsibility. 
  • Lead the CDI program as demonstrated by assuming accountability for the ongoing success of the Clinical Documentation Integrity.  Monitors CDI program and communicates with appropriate facility leadership regarding CDI key performance indicators (KPIs), and identifies and implements process changes to maintain and improve KPIs
  • Engage and consult with Physician Advisor and/or CMO to resolve provider issues regarding answering clarifications and participation in the clinical documentation improvement process. 
  • Serves as a resource to Physicians / Case Managers and other key professional staff in matters relating to clinical documentation improvement & ICD-10 
  • Works with HIM, quality, finance, and physician groups to develop systems to facilitate complete documentation for data reporting purposes 
  • Develops and monitors strategic operating goals, objectives, and budget; and reports operational performance, justification and/or corrective action 
  • Develops and manages direct reports; and oversees the development and management of indirect reports 
  • Builds and maintains productive inter/intra departmental and vendor work relationships to optimize operations 
  • Responsible to ensure Clinical Documentation Integrity education for providers & new staff and new initiatives or identified areas of knowledge deficit. Track and trend program compliance to determine areas of focus for educational opportunities 
  • Design and implements education programs which provide education for CDI staff
  • Develop and ensures ongoing CDI education for new staff is delivered
  • Monthly reporting of program progress/operations to hospital leadership

What you’ll need:

Required Qualifications:

  • Nurse (RN, NP, or graduate of a state approved nursing program), or Physician (MD, DO, FMG), or Physician Assistant (PA)
  • Prior Leadership of people and projects 
  • Minimum of 5 years of CDI experience in an acute inpatient setting 
  • Minimum of 2 years of direct Management experience 
  • CCDS or CDIP certification 
  • Strong Analytical skills (with CDI metric related focus) 
  • 3+ years of Excel experience 
  • Strong written and spoken communication abilities 

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • CCS Certification 
  • Experience with CAC technology 
  • Strong ability to influence key stake holders 

Why choose us:

As a team member of the Health Support Center, our goal is to support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members. Our focus is to attract, retain, and empower a diverse and determined workforce. Our mission statement is at the heart of who we are and what we do: “Making Communities Healthier.” In this shared mission, we believe that our collective efforts will shape a healthier future for the communities we serve.

Benefits: We offer an excellent total compensation package, including a competitive salary and benefits. Some of our benefits include 401k, flexible PTO, generous Employee illness benefit (EIB), medical, dental, vision, tuition reimbursement, and an Employee Assistance Program. We believe that happy, healthy people have a passionate engagement with life and work and have designed our package to enhance your wellbeing.


Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers and are looking for diversity in candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran
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