Medical Director: Documentation

2 weeks ago


Boise, United States Trinity Health Full time

**Job Requirements**

1. M.D / D.O. degree required.

2. A minimum of two years' experience in hospital based medicine with exposure to utilization management and documentation initiatives.

3. Demonstrated teamwork, performance analysis, presentation, interpersonal, facilitation, planning, and communication skills.

4. Ability to build and maintain positive rapport with dyad partner, SAHS leadership, peers, physicians and staff.

5. Ability to work with Trinity Health experts in managing and developing medical utilization programs and documentation initiatives.

**Work Experience**

**Job Description:**

Saint Alphonsus is seeking a physician leader to become our Medical Director of Documentation and Utilization Excellence. This position will be appointed and evaluated annually by the Saint Alphonsus Chief Clinical Officer. The Medical Director of Documentation and Utilization Excellence (MDDUE) is the lead provider for coordination and oversight of our Physician Advisor team and Clinical Documentation Improvement team. The MDDUE will have an established record of clinical excellence and credibility, and will be familiar with hospital medicine and principles of proper utilization and appropriate clinical documentation. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years experience as a Physician Advisor, and will have experience building a CDI program. This provider needs to be able to lead with influence, and coach and mentor providers on clinical documentation best-practices in a productive and positive manner. The MDDUE will work in a dyad partnership with the Director of Clinical Resource Management. This position is full-time, 1.0 FTE, and will be a 80/20 or 70/30 split between Administrative/Clinical time.

**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:**

**I. Responsibilities:**

A. Consistently emulates the SAHS mission and guiding behaviors.

B. Perform Physician Advisor role in determining and arbitrating level of care determinations performing Peer-to-Peer reviews with insurance companies who are denying an inpatient level of care. Complement current physician advisor efforts at completion of second level reviews for patients not meeting inpatient criteria.

C. Participates in local Utilization Review Committee and be a member of appropriate committees and teams to improve utilization, care transitions and appropriate clinical documentation as assigned.

D. Engage in physician-to-physician communication to provide just-in-time education and resolve conflicts regarding utilization concerns and clinical documentation excellence education.

E. Conduct rounds to monitor compliance with developed policies and procedures for bed placement, accurate reporting of bed status.

F. Assist case managers, utilization review nurses and social workers to overcome barriers as they identify patients ready for transfer or discharge.

G. Participate as needed in forums to manage day-to-day bed management issues, especially during times of HVM (high volume management) including treat & transfer discussion and decisions.

H. Arbitrate admission and discharge decision made by other physicians as deemed appropriate.

I. Refer individuals to the appropriate chain of command who demonstrate patterns of physician behavior that impede the throughput process.

J. Assist as requested in the role out of EMR initiatives.

K. Lead Health Grades and other clinical initiatives that rely heavily on excellence in clinical documentation.

**II. Communication:**

A. Communicates using multiple methods with their constituency.

a. Attends required meetings as determined.

b. Feels comfortable providing in person communication and presentation in front of large groups.

c. Is able to maintain timely email communication with colleagues.

**III. Mentorship:**

A. In collaboration with SAHS administration, helps oversee and provide mentorship to hospital based providers regarding utilization and clinical documentation:

**IV. Quality and Risk:**

A. In collaboration with the SAHS administration, risk and legal teams, assures that medical utilization and documentation programs are compliant with legal and regulatory requirements.

B. Participates in peer review activities as requested.

C. Identifies human resource, compliance and risk management issues, reports those risks to SAHS leadership and/or SAHS Office of the General Council, or the SAHS Compliance Officer as appropriate.

**Benefits:**

+ Sign-on Incentives

+ Relocation

+ PTO & CME Allocation

+ Malpractice Insurance (Incl. Tail)

+ Health/Dental/Vision

+ Retirement (403b)

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran



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