[Remote] Clinical Database, SME - Strategy (CDI Specialist)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. AKASA is hiring a Clinical Database SME – Strategy (CDI Specialist) to translate complex clinical scenarios and customer practices into clear input for product and engineering teams. The role also designs digital experiments, supports client proof-of-concept and specification validation work, and develops revenue cycle training materials.

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally across strategy, engineering, and marketing to appraise and optimize clinical foundations within the company
• Independently analyze clinical cases and simultaneously think about clinical databases. The role is an independent contributor role, and has future managerial growth opportunities, if desired
• Design and test digital experiments alongside an engineering team
• Work with and develop internal tooling to solve problems
• Develop Revenue Cycle training specification documents for internal and customer-facing arenas
• Work with Product Managers to develop and execute against timelines and deliverables
• Refine product development both with internal teams and client partners
• Interface with the RCO team to complete client Proof of Concept exercises, Spec Validations
• Manage resources assigned for project-related work

Skills

• A bedside clinical background alongside knowledge of CDI end to end - from frontline documentation to backoffice billing codes
• This person should be fluent in clinical concepts and be able to translate them with a scientific mindset
• The ideal candidate is an independent thinker and is comfortable brainstorming in a group and ideating aloud
• You are confident interacting with internal and client professionals including physicians, nurses, and administrators
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in nursing
• Must have an RN and CCDS
• 5+ years experience as a leader in Coding and/ CDI departments within the revenue cycle or worked in a consulting or project management capacity
• Concurrent and retrospective CDI review experience and experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings required
• QA / documentation/training experience
• Strong analytical, research/data science, and project management skills
• Current credentials from AHIMA, AAPC, or ACDIS
• Experience with Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) process improvement cycles or nursing informatics research is a strong plus
• Business, Management or similar field and/or relevant experience is preferred

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off (PTO)
• Expansive coverage for health, dental, and vision
• Employer contribution to Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• Generous parental leave policy
• Full employee coverage for life insurance
• Home office stipend
• Cell phone/internet reimbursement
• Company-paid holidays
• 401(K) plan
• Equity

Company Overview

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