Coordinator Cardiac Excellence - Rex Heart and Vascular Admin

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Summary: This Cardiac Excellence Coordinator oversees the abstraction and data entry functions of patient care records as required by regulatory agencies, including, but not limited to: The Joint Commission (TJC), and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). In addition, this individual is responsible for data abstraction and validation of all data entered into designated registries, including, but not limited to: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), and the American College of Cardiology(ACC), North Carolina Data Registry (NCDR) and Vascular Quality Iniative (VQI). 

Responsibilities:

•Oversees daily operations of the Heart and Vascular Quality Program •Assures the competency of assigned staff in abstraction guidelines, data entry guidelines, and definition updates. •Assures all staff achieve validation scores of 97% or greater. •Meets all data submission requirements and deadlines •Monitors weekly staff productivity reports. •Creates and distributes monthly reports of abstracted core measures data; identifies opportunities for improvement for clinical leaders. •Provides updates to service line physicians to new metrics that are implemented along with the definitions associated with the metrics. •Reviews opportunities for registry participation. •Participates in Pay for Performance initiatives as needed, Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care, ATENA

Other Information

Other information: Education Requirements: ● Bachelor's Degree or equivalent. Licensure/Certification Requirements: ● RN NC LIC , R.T. (R), or RRT required. Professional Experience Requirements: ● 3 - 5 years experience in clinical data abstracting or an equivalent medical information position preferred Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: ● •Ability to communicate (verbal and written) on all levels including physicians •Ability to function in a complex and stressful environment •Critical thinking skills •Flexibility to adapt to situations •Able to work independent or with a team

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Rex Heart and Vascular Admin

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $33.37 - $47.97 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Remote

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

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