Clinical Documentation Specialist - First Reviewer at SSM Health, Remote

Clinical Documentation Specialist - First Reviewer at SSM Health, remote. Contract. Est. up to $160k. Apply with swipeandhired.

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Worker Type:

PRN

Job Highlights:
Clinical Documentation Specialist - First Reviewer
Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you’ll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.

As a Clinical Documentation Specialist - First Reviewer, you will play a vital role in ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of the medical record. Working closely with physicians and clinical teams, you'll review documentation concurrently to identify opportunities for clarification, support appropriate clinical specificity, and help ensure quality patient care, accurate coding, and regulatory compliance. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented clinical professional who enjoys combining critical thinking, clinical expertise, and collaboration to drive meaningful outcomes across the healthcare continuum.

Schedule: PRN
Location - Fully Remote for qualified candidates residing in SSM Health's four state footprint. MO, IL, OK or W I.

Qualifications: Prior experience in a Clinical Documentation role is required.

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Job Summary:
Performs concurrent analytical reviews of clinical and coding data to improving physician documentation for all conditions and treatments from point of entry to discharge, ensuring an accurate reflection of the patient condition in the associated Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) assignments, case-mix index, severity of illness (SOI), and risk of mortality (ROM) profiling, and reimbursement. Facilitates the resolution of queries and educates members of the patient care team regarding documentation guidelines and the need for accurate and complete documentation in the health record, including attending physicians and allied health practitioners. Collaborates with coding professionals to ensure accuracy of diagnostic and procedural data and completeness of supporting documentation to determine a working and final DRG, SOI, and/or ROM.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location: Illinois

State of Work Location: Missouri

State of Work Location: Oklahoma

State of Work Location: Wisconsin

Work Shift:
PRN / Per Diem Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

8746010033 Sys Clinical Documentation Improvement

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
0

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