Cynthia Raymond, RN, CPC, CPC-H, CCDS; Lindsay Wenk
Here’s a goal you can probably relate to: trying to review 100% of Medicare cases. But with a goal like that, how is anyone supposed to start reviewing other DRG payers, especially when hiring additional staff isn’t an option?...
Karen DiMeglio, RN, MS, CPC, CCDS; Jill O’Brien, MD
Are you struggling to get your physicians to understand why documentation is so important? Maybe you need the right physician advisor partner. This session will review how to choose the right physician advisor and identify...
Sam Antonios, MD, FACP, FHM, CCDS
This session will review how to use analytics to support and augment the power of your CDI program and leap into the next phase in healthcare. It will discuss the expansion of data and analytics, how to use analytics to prioritize optimization...
This session will describe the process that one regional academic medical center took to improve attending documentation of medical necessity for inpatient and observation status. Current...
Debra Clark, RN, BC, CCDS
A common question among CDI programs is, “Does leadership within my organization understand the value of CDI?” This session will review the importance of implementing a CDI steering committee meeting and how this supports the growth and success of CDI...
Mark Morsch, MS
For more than five years, organizations were warned that they should expect decreases in productivity due to ICD-10 unfamiliarity and documentation specificity challenges. But what do the real numbers say? This session will look at real-world results of multiple...
Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP
In this interactive presentation, participants will be asked to list the general tasks associated with the CDI role and discuss the necessary skills to accomplish these tasks. Next, participants will discuss how these skills were obtained and how...
Marietta Morhardt, BSN, RN, CPN, CCM; Sheilah Snyder, MD, FAAP
Using EMR Best Practice Advisories (BPA) as a communication tool between CDI specialists and providers, Children’s Hospital in Omaha has been able to improve both the accuracy of documentation and the problem list....
Diana Ortiz, RN; Kaycie Wood, MSHCM, RHIA, CCS
Coding and CDI collaboration is fundamental to the success of both departments. This session will review a coding and CDI prebill complication review process and discuss how to implement a query escalation process. This session will...
Eugene Christian, MD; Heather Joyner, BS
Examining physician-level data provides powerful insight that can help struggling CDI programs collaborate with coders and physicians. This session will assess changes in the roles and responsibilities of a CDI program as healthcare shifts...
