Medical Director

Position Summary: The Medical Director, working together with a coder (DRG Integrity Specialist), will review inpatient charts to ensure the acuity and complexity of the patient’s hospital stay is appropriately captured in the clinical documentation and translated into coding. The Medical Director is responsible for capturing the true clinical picture in a manner compliant with federal laws and the healthcare organization’s information privacy practices through identification of coding and physician query opportunities. The Medical Director is responsible for overseeing every chart assigned to their team.  The Medical Director works with the DRG Integrity Specialist to confirm the principal diagnosis and the appropriate Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) of every case in compliance with coding guidelines. This process also involves the Medical Director confirming procedures, dates, and complication or comorbidity (CC) or major complication or comorbidity (MCC) when used as a secondary diagnosis.  The Medical Director validates clinical indicators for coded diagnoses, capturing the patient’s condition and ensuring the accuracy of the severity of illness and risk of mortality for the patient to illustrate the true clinical picture of the episode of care.  Primary Job Responsibilities:  Provide clinical leadership in an inter-disciplinary team in a professional, knowledgeable, and efficient manner to drive client results, exceed client expectations, and foster client confidence  Maintain a functional and collaborative relationship with the DRG Integrity Specialist to achieve shared company goals  Comply with medical and federal guidelines at all times  Resolve conflicts quickly and professionally  Stays up to date with medical guidelines, advancements within his or her field, and client-specific criteria  Responsible for the quality of their teams work by developing and implementing strategic goals related to quality improvement within the tower  Responsible for generating compliant queries based on appropriate clinical indicators for each diagnosis. Every query must meet all regulatory and reporting requirements  Work with their manager to review tower analytics, identifying trends and actionable steps to improve opportunity capture rate and drive results for clients  Work with Senior Management and Compliance Officer to adhere to organizational goals and mission  Participate in corporate educational activities  Utilize all technology, tools and resources to enhance performance and will be proficient in navigation of various electronic medical records  Excel in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment  Exceed expectations in performance with regard to productivity and quality of his/her tower work, professionalism, and professional growth  Take on additional responsibilities and demonstrate leadership at a departmental level  Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned Position Qualifications: Education:  Graduate from an accredited medical school   Preferred completion of an ACGME accredited US residency program  Experience: Minimum of a total of 5 years of clinical experience including residency  Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:  Academic Excellence  Leadership  Service, compassion, and humanism  Diversity  Ability to work as part of a team  Basic Microsoft Office skills  Ability to use a PC in a Windows environment, including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint  Independent, focused individual able to work remotely or on-site  Physical Requirements: The requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodations.  Unless otherwise indicated, Accuity Delivery Systems positions require interaction with people and technology while either sitting or standing. Employees must be able to communicate via phone, email, etc. and sit for extended periods of time, with or without reasonable accommodations. Physical effort and exposure to physical risk are limited to that of an office role / environment.