Care Coordination Specialist & CDI
TEKsystems·Lubbock, Texas
TEKsystems·Lubbock, Texas
The role focuses on improving clinical documentation accuracy to reflect patient severity and complexity while managing care transitions. It involves collaborating with physicians and interdisciplinary teams to ensure regulatory compliance and optimize patient outcomes.
Description Lubbock Heart Hospital which is owned by Surgery Partners is seeking a Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) & Care Coordination Specialist to support patient-centered care, documentation excellence, and effective care transitions across the continuum of care.
This onsite role combines expertise in clinical documentation improvement, care coordination, utilization management, and discharge planning.
The ideal candidate will bring a blend of social work or case management experience along with CDI knowledge to enhance documentation accuracy, support regulatory compliance, optimize communication between providers and interdisciplinary teams, and improve patient outcomes.
Skills Support, Clinical, utilization review, Care Cordination, CMS Top Skills Details Support,Clinical,utilization review,Care Cordination,CMS Additional Skills & Qualifications Review inpatient medical records concurrently to identify documentation opportunities that accurately reflect patient severity of illness, risk of mortality, and complexity of care.
Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, nursing leadership, and case management teams to improve clinical documentation quality and completeness.
Initiate and manage compliant documentation clarification queries when appropriate.
Monitor documentation trends and identify areas for education and process improvement.
Support regulatory and accreditation requirements related to clinical documentation.
Assist in maintaining documentation practices that support accurate coding, reimbursement, quality reporting, and performance metrics.
Experience and or background in Social Work.
Experience Level Expert Level Job Type & Location This is a Permanent position based out of Lubbock, TX.
Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $50000.00 - $55000.00/yr.
Company Benefits will be through Lubbock Heart.
Working on acquiring them.
Workplace Type This is a fully onsite position in Lubbock,TX.
Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Aug 4, 2026.
About TEKsystems We're partners in transformation.
We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity.
We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia.
As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change.
That's the power of true partnership.
TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services We’re a leading provider of business and technology services.
We accelerate business transformation for our customers.
Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions.
We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed.
We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology.
We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities.
TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies.
Learn more at TEKsystems.com.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.
An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates.
AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team.
By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.
Candidates should have expert-level experience in clinical documentation integrity and utilization review. A background or experience in Social Work or Case Management is specifically required.
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