Vice President, CDI

The Vice President, Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) is a business unit leader accountable for the strategy, growth, operational performance, and market reputation of the organization's Inpatient and Outpatient CDI practice. Serving academic health systems and other complex provider organizations as core clients, this leader sets the vision for CDI program design and delivery while positioning the practice for expansion into a broader, consulting-oriented services model.

This role blends clinical documentation expertise, executive presence, and commercial acumen. The VP is the face of the practice with client executives and prospects, the architect of scalable CDI program models, the steward of program performance and quality, and a close operating partner to the sales organization in pursuing and winning new business. Success is measured by client outcomes, program integrity and compliance, team development, and profitable growth of the practice.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Program Development — Inpatient & Outpatient CDI

• Design, standardize, and continuously evolve the practice's Inpatient and Outpatient CDI program models, including operating playbooks, workflows, query standards, staffing models, and technology enablement.
• Establish Outpatient CDI capabilities for risk-adjusted and value-based settings, including HCC capture, prospective (point-of-care) review, and audit-ready documentation practices.

Executive Interaction & Change Leadership

• Engage C-suite and physician leaders (CMO, CMIO, CFO, VP of Revenue Cycle, service-line chiefs) with credibility and presence as a recognized subject-matter expert in CDI.
• Translate CDI performance into the language of quality, reimbursement integrity, physician workflow, and organizational reputation to secure executive sponsorship.
• Lead change management across clinical and revenue-cycle stakeholders — shaping behavior, provider engagement, and a