by Patricia Buttner, MBA/HCM, RHIA, CDIP, CHDA, CPHI, CCS, and Tammy Combs, RN, MSN, CDIP, CCS, CCDS
Participants will learn how to recognize the opportunity to appeal a denial and leverage denial data to inform CDI opportunities. Drafting appeals, monitoring and tracking denials...
by Erica E. Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS, and Kelly Skorepa, BSN, RN, CCDS
CDI professionals must anticipate which diagnoses are prone to clinical validation concerns and understand the clinical indicators and criteria to be able to assess clinical validity. The session provides a...
How can CDI staff identify sepsis query opportunities when there is so much confusion? What policies and processes should your organization have in place to aggressively manage sepsis denials? This presentation will provide a comprehensive overview...
Cecilia Guardiola, RN, resigned from her position as corporate director of CDI after three months over concerns that Banner Health seemed to be...Read More »