Clinical Database, SME - Strategy (CDI Specialist)

The role

This person will act as a clinical translation layer between the product and the engineering team. They will translate complex clinical scenarios into input for engineering and product, while interfacing with customers to align product with clinical practices.

What you will do

• Work cross-functionally across strategy, engineering, and marketing to appraise and optimize clinical foundations
• Independently analyze clinical cases and think about clinical databases
• Design and test digital experiments alongside an engineering team
• Work with and develop internal tooling to solve problems
• Develop Revenue Cycle training specification documents
• Work with Product Managers to develop and execute against timelines and deliverables
• Refine product development with internal teams and client partners
• Interface with the RCO team to complete client Proof of Concept exercises and Spec Validations
• Manage resources assigned for project-related work

Required qualifications

• 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
• Experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings
• QA / documentation/training experience
• Strong analytical, research/data science, and project management skills
• Current credentials from AHIMA, AAPC, or ACDIS

Nice to have

• Business, Management or similar field and/or relevant experience
• Experience with Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) process improvement cycles
• Nursing informatics research

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

About the company

AKASA builds AI-native solutions for healthcare to help health systems capture and communicate the patient clinical journey. The company is based in South San Francisco and has raised over $250M in funding.