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...
Robin Jones, RN, BSN, CCDS, MHA/Ed; Edwina Kelley, RN, CCDS
This session will focus on how an effective leadership and communication plan, along with standardization of a multihospital CDI program, resulted in success for a top 15 healthcare organization.
Cheryl Davidson, RN, MSN
This session will examine strategies and tools to assist managers in selecting the most appropriate candidates for the role of CDI specialist. It will also provide strategies for measuring CDI specialists’ performance using objective tools, and describe...
Holly Burich, RN, CCDS; Natalie Esquibel, RN, CCDS; Cynthia Stefl, RN, BSN, CCDS
This session will identify the benefits and pitfalls of contracting for and hiring permanent remote CDI specialists. It will review an onboarding process for remote CDI specialists that ensures CDI...
