Job Description

Summary

About Us 

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence: 

• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times. 

• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces in Health Care by Newsweek. 

• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek in 2024. 

• Recognized as the Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024. 

• Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024. 

• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads in 2023. 

• Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.

• Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare in 2025. 

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more! 

• For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth  

• Job Summary

  • The Clinical Documentation Integrity Educator will be responsible for working closely with the CDI Manager, CDI Supervisor, CDI Team Lead, CDI Specialists, Medical Director-Coding/CDI, Inpatient Coding Supervisor and Team Leaders of Coding and other key Hospital Leadership to provide education to providers on documentation practices throughout the CoxHealth System. Must be an expert in Clinical Documentation Integrity in order to analyze data to determine when to mentor and educate CDI Specialist(s) to improve their practice. Additionally will be responsible for assisting providers in improving their documentation through educational sessions, focusing on providing an accurate picture of the patient to include severity of illness, risk and resource utilization through correct MS/APR DRG assignment and CC/MCC captures. Will be responsible with working with CDI Manager and/or CDI Leadership designee to mentor/train new CDI based on CDI orientation procedures. Participates in and provides requested feedback for the following Committees: 1) Coding and Documentation Committee 2) Utilization Review Committee 3)SOI Scorecard Committee 4) Educational sessions for Providers as requested and needed per Coding changes or recommendations, etc. 5) Other Educational meetings as assigned by CDI Manager, Medical Director, Coding/CDI and System Director, Coding/HIM. This position will require travel amongst all Hospitals within CoxHealth System and require 60% of scheduled shifts to be onsite at one or more CoxHealth facilities. The remaining 40% of shifts have the option of remote work from home.

• Job Requirements

  • Education

    • Required: Graduate of an approved nursing program

    • Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

  • Experience

    • Required: Five (5) year’s acute care experience

    • Required: Three (3) years’ experience as a Clinical Documentation Specialist

    • Preferred: Patient care experience in ED, ICU, Neuro or Stepdown specialty units

  • Skills

    • Ability to apply coding guidelines when reviewing documentation in the medical record

    • Ability to perform computer data entry. (Experience with Word, Excel)

    • Ability to utilize EHR and entry of data in CDI software, including reconciliation and reporting of data

    • Ability to work with others and communicate effectively

    • Ability to build presentations/present Clinical Documentation Improvement to providers fluently

    • Ability to work with CDI/Coding staff ongoing to provide education

    • Ability to train and mentor new CDI staff with onboarding/education

  • Licensure/Certification/Registration

    • Required: MO RN License

    • Preferred: CCDS or CDIP

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