Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Daily record review for inpatient admissions to ensure the medical record accurately reflects the severity of illness and intensity of service, resulting in the appropriate MS-DRG assignment
• Extensively collaborates with physicians, medical records coding staff, hospital administration, and other patient caregivers to improve accuracy and completeness of acute inpatient documentation.
• Completes education for all members of the patient care team on clinical documentation opportunities, hospital coding and/or reimbursement issues, as well as performance improvement methodologies.
• Conduct record reconciliation with hospital coding staff to assign a working DRG.
• Maintains thorough and current knowledge of clinical care and treatment of assigned patient populations to critically assess appropriateness of documentation.

Education:

• BSN- from The University of Iowa College of Nursing

Hobbies/Special Interests:

• Movies
• Music
• The Arts
• Reading

Contact:

Email: anita-fagerland@uiowa.edu
Extension: x46398
Voalte 80384

When asked, “What inspires you?”

“My family”