Accurate reporting of quality measures is imperative for hospitals. This session will explore definitions of hospital-acquired conditions, patient safety indicators, and pediatric quality indicators (HACs, PSIs, and PDIs) and provide insight...
To keep technology useful, CDI programs need to create workflows and tools to increase effectiveness within the review process. This session will recount how Stanford Health Care’s CDI program created interactive, real-time...
by Tracy Boldt, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, and Robert Erickson, MD, CCDS
Essentia Health System is a member of an accountable care organization with over 75,000 members, and its outpatient CDI program touches over 60 clinics systemwide. This presentation provides attendees with tools...
by Mark N. Dominesey, RN, BSN, MBA, CCDS, CDIP, CHTS-CP
Many CDI specialists are just beginning to scratch the surface of risk adjustment as it pertains to their work, and even fewer have undertaken the specialized education necessary to work in the pediatric setting. Inpatient...
Identifying whether a condition that occurred in the operative suite or in the postoperative period is a surgical or postoperative complication can be challenging, even for the most seasoned professionals. Participants will learn common intraoperative...
CDI easily demonstrated its return on investment over the past 10 years. That success led to increased demands on CDI programs’ attention. Yet, many CDI directors struggle with how to support such requests and meet the needs...
by Kristen Gonzalez, MHA, RHIA, Shelby Humphreys, RHIA, and Vaughn M. Matacale, MD, CCDS
Following on the heels of its kwashiorkor audits, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) tested the waters on severe malnutrition at Vidant Health, which had implemented a clinical initiative...
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 Tara Bell, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCM, and Lisa A. Farhar, RN, MSN, MBA, CCDS
This session will help seasoned inpatient CDI staff use their expertise in a new and challenging field. Further, this session will define common HCCs that are as important in the inpatient arena as CCs and...
by Jeff Morris, RN, BSN, CCDS, Leah N. Savage, MSN, RN, CCDS, and Sheilah Snyder, MD
In this panel discussion between a pediatric CDI program physician advisor and two pediatric CDI leaders, attendees will learn key areas for assessment prior to program implementation, clinical...
