How much does a Discharge Coordinator make in Spokane, WA? The average Discharge Coordinator salary in Spokane, WA is $66,472 as of February 26, 2024, but the range typically falls between $54,253 and $80,694. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target. 

Discharge Coordinator Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
10th Percentile Discharge Coordinator Salary $43,129 Spokane,WA February 26, 2024
25th Percentile Discharge Coordinator Salary $54,253 Spokane,WA February 26, 2024
50th Percentile Discharge Coordinator Salary $66,472 Spokane,WA February 26, 2024
75th Percentile Discharge Coordinator Salary $80,694 Spokane,WA February 26, 2024
90th Percentile Discharge Coordinator Salary $93,643 Spokane,WA February 26, 2024
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Each competency has five to ten behavioral assertions that can be observed, each with a corresponding performance level (from one to five) that is required for a particular job.

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Planning: An act or process of making or carrying out plans. Establishment of goals, policies, and procedures for a social or economic unit city planning business planning.

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HIPAA: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is a federal law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient's consent or knowledge.

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Acute Care: Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery. In medical terms, care for acute health conditions is the opposite from chronic care, or longer term care. Acute care services are generally delivered by teams of health care professionals from a range of medical and surgical specialties. Acute care may require a stay in a hospital emergency department, ambulatory surgery center, urgent care centre or other short-term stay facility, along with the assistance of diagnostic services, surgery, or follow-up outpatient care in the community. Hospital-based acute inpatient care typically has the goal of discharging patients as soon as they are deemed healthy and stable. Acute care settings include emergency department, intensive care, coronary care, cardiology, neonatal intensive care, and many general areas where the patient could become acutely unwell and require stabilization and transfer to another higher dependency unit for further treatment.

Planning 8.44%
HIPAA 1.62%
Acute Care 3.23%
Others 86.71%

Job Description for Discharge Coordinator

Discharge Coordinator directs daily operation of record processing to ensure that discharge records are properly received, organized, and forwarded to the appropriate physician for completion. Audits medical records to guarantee compliance with institution standards, procedures and policies. Being a Discharge Coordinator may require a bachelor's degree in area of specialty. Typically reports to a supervisor or manager. To be a Discharge Coordinator typically requires 2 to 4 years of related experience. Gains exposure to some of the complex tasks within the job function. Occasionally directed in several aspects of the work. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)... View full job description

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Career Path for Discharge Coordinator

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For Discharge Coordinator, the upper level is Medical Records Supervisor and then progresses to Medical Records Senior Supervisor.

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Discharge Coordinator salary varies from city to city. Compared with national average salary of Discharge Coordinator, the highest Discharge Coordinator salary is in San Francisco, CA, where the Discharge Coordinator salary is 25.0% above. The lowest Discharge Coordinator salary is in Miami, FL, where the Discharge Coordinator salary is 2.9% lower than national average salary.

City, State Compared to national average
City, State San Francisco, CA Compared to national average
+ 25.0%
City, State Washington, DC Compared to national average
+ 11.3%
City, State Miami, FL Compared to national average
-2.9%
City, State Chicago, IL Compared to national average
+ 5.5%
City, State Boston, MA Compared to national average
+ 12.7%
City, State New York, NY Compared to national average
+ 17.5%
City, State Dallas, TX Compared to national average
-0.7%

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About Spokane, Washington    Spokane (/ˌspoʊˈkæn/ (listen) spoh-KAN) is a city in Spokane County in the state of Washington in the northwestern United States. It is located on the....More

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