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Incumbent will be responsible for abstracting medical record data and assigning codes using current clinical classification systems appropriate for the type of care provided.
Learn more about this agency06/13/2018 to 07/03/2018
$59,939 - $73,097 per year
GS 9
1 vacancy in the following location:
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-Time
9
No
PHL-FY-RRB-10236776-BU
502256600
Rresponsible for inpatient medical records review while patients are still in-house for the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center. Incumbent will be knowledgeable of clinical indicators to support proper documentation for coding using ICD-10-CM/PCS. This review includes new admissions to the facility, as well as re-reviews every two to three days until the patients are discharged. Facilitates improved overall quality, education, and completeness and accuracy of medical record documentation as well as promoting appropriate clinical documentation through extensive interaction with physicians, other patient caregivers, Health Information Management (HIM) coding staff and other associated staff to ensure clinical documentation and services rendered to patients is complete and accurate for appropriate workload capture and resource allocations. Develops and/or updates medical center policy memoranda pertaining to documentation improvement. Performs reviews of the health record documentation, developing criteria, collecting data, graphing and analyzing results, creating reports and communicating in writing and/or in person to appropriate leadership and groups. Obtains appropriate corrective action plans from responsible clinical services directors, when necessary, and recommends improvements or changes in documentation as deemed necessary. Responsible for the development and implementation of active training/education programs for all providers to ensure program objectives are met. Communicates with physicians, Quality Management and other clinical staff to ensure timely and accurate documentation, provides training and education, collaborate with coding staff to identify the principal and secondary diagnoses for the correct DRG and VERA Class assignment.
Work Schedule: Full-time - Tour of duty could be 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, or 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
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Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
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All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 07/03/2018 to receive consideration.
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