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...
Learn how Northwestern Memorial Hospital, an urban academic medical center, successfully implemented a rounding model to improve physician engagement and response. This session will describe various methods for rounding...
Through audience participation, presenters discuss the outcome of a CDI survey recently administered through ACDIS. It includes discussion about different CDI department models, including credentials...
In a world where clinical quality outcomes drive patient care and business practices across the care continuum, complete and accurate clinical documentation is more important than ever before.
Demonstrating positive clinical outcomes requires accurate documentation of the true disease...
