Clinical Documentation Openings - Specialist and Liaison

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The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe.

Exciting Opportunities at MSK: Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialist & Clinical Documentation Integrity Liaison

At Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK), our commitment to excellence extends beyond patient care—we also strive to ensure that our clinical documentation reflects the highest standards of accuracy, integrity, and quality. We are anticipating openings for two roles on our Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) team: CDI Specialist and CDI Liaison. Both positions support MSK’s mission of improving care outcomes, strengthening financial sustainability, and ensuring compliance through accurate medical documentation.

​ Role Overview – Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialist

• Facilitate improvements to the quality and completeness of clinical documentation

• Collaborate with physicians, APPs, case managers, and allied health professionals to ensure documentation accurately reflects severity of illness and risk of mortality

• Perform record abstraction, coding, and data collection to support reimbursement, quality initiatives, and performance improvement

• Query providers to clarify ambiguous or incomplete documentation prior to code assignment

• Educate providers and staff on documentation guidelines, coding requirements, and regulatory changes

• Participate in clinical validation denials review and value measurement/financial sustainability projects

Role Overview – Clinical Documentation Integrity Liaison

• Act as liaison between CDI, coding, providers, and other teams to facilitate accurate clinical documentation

• Assists CDI manager with ongoing quality assurance reviews of clinical documentation staff, ad hoc, and special project reviews requiring advanced CDI and coding knowledge

• Audit medical records to ensure accurate DRG optimization, severity of illness, and overall documentation quality

• Orients/trains new CDI staff as needed

• Develop and deliver CDI-related education and training for providers, coders, and staff

• Interpret and translate complex clinical information into coding/CDI concepts and recommendations

• Support compliance by ensuring documentation practices align with regulatory guidelines and MSK standards

Key Qualifications for CDI Specialist

• Experience in clinical documentation, coding, or revenue cycle management (inpatient and/or outpatient) preferred

• Current nursing (RN) license with bachelor’s degree in nursing or other related field, and/or graduate education leading to Physician Assistant (PA) with current PA license, and/or graduate education leading to MD, DO or equivalent degree

• Clinical experience in the acute care setting

• Coding certifications (CCS, CCDS, RHIA, RHIT) highly valued • Experience with ICD-10-CM/PCS coding/ DRG assignment preferred

• Strong collaboration, communication, and education/training skills for working across clinical and non-clinical groups

Additional Qualifications for CDI Liaison

• 2+ years experience in inpatient clinical documentation integrity and ICD-10-CM/PCS coding/ DRG assignment

• ACDIS Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS)

• Master’s degree in nursing with advanced practice license and experience preferred

Core Skills

• Advanced knowledge of clinical documentation standards, coding requirements, and regulatory guidelines

• Analytical ability to identify trends, assess risks, and improve documentation quality

• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills for provider education and team collaboration

• Proficiency with health information systems, Excel, and medical record abstraction tool

Additional Information:

• Schedule: Hybrid; 99% remote with flexibility a few times a year in NYC

Compensation:

• Specialist: $100,600 - $161,000

• Liaison: $111,600 - $178,600

Closing:

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