# Miles Salinas Miles Salinas is a remote worker on Himalayas, Ambulatory CDI Educator at Adventist Health, based in United States. Source: https://himalayas.app/@milessalinas ```text Clinical Documentation Integrity educator at Adventist Health who brings physician training to accurate ambulatory documentation. ``` | Detail | Value | | --- | --- | | Availability | Looking for a job | | Location | United States | | Authorized to work in | United States | | Salary expectations | 200k+ USD | | Job categories | Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialist | | Skills | Clinical Documentation Integrity, Clinical Validation, Medical Record Review, Clinical Diagnostic Reasoning, Physician Education, Query Development, Differential Diagnosis, Medical Record Synthesis, Mortality Reviews, Patient Safety, Quality Review, Outpatient CDI, Inpatient CDI, HCC Risk Adjustment, DRG | ## About ```text At Adventist Health, I serve as an Ambulatory CDI Educator, reviewing documentation and providing evidence-based guidance to physicians and advanced practice providers. I help improve documentation while preserving clinical accuracy, including support for HCC and risk-adjustment documentation. At UCLA Health — Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, I reviewed complex medical and surgical cases, developed clinically supported queries, and worked with physicians on diagnostic and documentation questions. Across my CDI work, I have also supported clinical validation, mortality and quality review, and CDI staff education. ``` ## Experience ### Ambulatory CDI Educator (current) Adventist Health. Jul 2026 - Present ```text Serves as a physician-facing Clinical Documentation Integrity educator supporting ambulatory providers, reviewing clinical documentation for accuracy and specificity, and providing evidence-based education to physicians and advanced practice providers. ``` Skills: Clinical-Documentation-Integrity, Outpatient-CDI, Physician-Education, HCC-Risk-Adjustment, Epic, 3M-Products, Iodine, Cerner, Nuance-Clintegrity ### CDI Manager, West Region NOR Healthcare / Prospect / Alta Hospitals System. Sep 2023 - Jul 2026 ```text Led Clinical Documentation Integrity operations across multiple healthcare facilities, managed and mentored CDI specialists, and served as a clinical resource for complex cases and physician education. ``` Skills: CDI-Program-Leadership, Clinical-Validation, Physician-Education, Query-Development, Mortality-Reviews, Quality-Review, SOI-and-ROM-Documentation, DRG, Epic, 3M-Products, Iodine, Cerner, Nuance-Clintegrity ### Contract CDI Specialist RCM / Houston Memorial Medical Center. Dec 2023 - Aug 2024 ```text Conducted detailed concurrent and retrospective review of complex inpatient medical records, evaluated clinical indicators, and developed compliant clinical clarification queries. ``` Skills: Clinical-Documentation-Integrity, Clinical-Validation, Query-Development, DRG, CC-MCC, SOI-and-ROM-Documentation, Remote-Reviewing, Epic, 3M-Products, Iodine, Cerner, Nuance-Clintegrity ### CDI Specialist II Torrance Memorial Medical Center. May 2022 - Sep 2023 ```text Performed detailed concurrent and retrospective review of inpatient medical records, evaluated clinical evidence, and developed evidence-supported physician queries. ``` Skills: Clinical-Documentation-Integrity, Clinical-Validation, Query-Development, DRG, CC-MCC, SOI-and-ROM-Documentation, Mortality-Reviews, PSI-HAC, Epic, 3M-Products, Iodine, Cerner, Nuance-Clintegrity ### CDI Supervisor Conifer Health. Nov 2021 - May 2022 ```text Supervised CDI specialists performing complex inpatient clinical review, served as a resource for difficult clinical-validation questions, and mentored staff. ``` Skills: CDI-Supervisor, Clinical-Validation, Query-Quality, Staff-Education, Physician-Education, Epic, 3M-Products, Iodine, Cerner, Nuance-Clintegrity ### Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist UCLA Health, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Jan 2017 - Nov 2021 ```text Performed comprehensive clinical review within a major academic tertiary/quaternary medical center, evaluating highly complex medical and surgical patients and developing compliant physician queries. ``` Skills: Clinical-Documentation-Integrity, Clinical-Validation, Query-Development, DRG, CC-MCC, SOI-and-ROM-Documentation, Mortality-Reviews, Academic-Medical-Centers, Epic, 3M-Products, Iodine, Cerner, Nuance-Clintegrity ### President & CEO Advanced Health Information Integrity Five, Inc. (AHII5). May 2018 - May 2021 ```text Led healthcare documentation-integrity and physician-education initiatives, developed clinical documentation education strategies, and provided CDI subject-matter expertise. ``` Skills: CDI-Program-Leadership, Physician-Education, Clinical-Validation, Provider-Engagement, Documentation-Accuracy, Epic, 3M-Products, Iodine, Cerner, Nuance-Clintegrity ### CDI Specialist Emanate Health. Feb 2019 - May 2020 ```text Conducted concurrent inpatient clinical documentation review, evaluated clinical evidence, and developed compliant physician queries. ``` Skills: Clinical-Documentation-Integrity, Clinical-Validation, Query-Development, DRG, CC-MCC, SOI-and-ROM-Documentation, Epic, 3M-Products, Iodine, Cerner, Nuance-Clintegrity ### Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist II Stanford University Hospital. Feb 2016 - Jan 2017 ```text Performed comprehensive clinical documentation review in a tertiary academic medical center, evaluating medically and surgically complex patients and developing compliant clinical queries. ``` Skills: Clinical-Documentation-Integrity, Clinical-Validation, Query-Development, DRG, SOI-and-ROM-Documentation, Academic-Medical-Centers, Epic, 3M-Products, Iodine, Cerner, Nuance-Clintegrity ### Clinical Documentation Specialist I Desert Valley Hospital. Feb 2015 - Feb 2016 ```text Conducted concurrent inpatient medical-record review, evaluated clinical indicators, and developed compliant provider queries. ``` Skills: Clinical-Documentation-Integrity, Clinical-Validation, Query-Development, CC-MCC, DRG, SOI-and-ROM-Documentation, Epic, 3M-Products, Iodine, Cerner, Nuance-Clintegrity ## Education ### Ross University School of Medicine Doctor of Medicine, Medicine ```text Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from Ross University School of Medicine in 2006. ``` ### University of California, Davis Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry ```text Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of California, Davis in 1999. ``` ## Tech stack - Epic To contact Miles, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire). ## People also viewed - [beverly taylor](https://himalayas.app/@beverlytaylor): CDI Educator and Auditor, Devoted Health - [Sharvari Patel](https://himalayas.app/@sharvaripatel): CDI Specialist, Alignment Health California - [Agnes Pouchie](https://himalayas.app/@agnespouchie): Remote Coding Manager, Amergis - [Jessica Tripp](https://himalayas.app/@jessicatripp): Clinical Documentation Specialist, Saint Luke's Health System - [Brandon Harmon](https://himalayas.app/@brandonharmon): Ambulatory CDI Specialist, Trinity Health - [Dairet Rivera Reyes](https://himalayas.app/@dairetriverareyes): CDI Specialist, Advantasure Coding Department - [AWUNG FORBIN](https://himalayas.app/@awungforbin): Asst Dir Clinical Documentation Quality, New York City Health + Hospitals - [Dolly Peters](https://himalayas.app/@dollypeters): CDI Regional Manager, Valley Health System - [asma Khan](https://himalayas.app/@asmakhan2): Clinical Documentation Specialist, Mainland Hospital - [Tarrin Degrate](https://himalayas.app/@tarrindegrate): Senior Director, Coding and Clinical Documentation Integrity, Children's Health