by Anthony O. Nkwuaku, RN, PHN, MSN, CPHQ, CCDS

Inpatient rehabilitation facilities use a totally different payment system. Nevertheless, there are lots of opportunities for CDI programs here. During the presentation, attendees will learn about the IRF PAI requirement, the 60%...

by Yvonne Whitley, RN, BSN, CPC, CRC, CDEO

MACRA is the law, and MIPS and APMs are how this law will be carried out. This presentation provides an overview of these programs and defines the effect of CDI efforts on achieving available incentives as well as maximizing shared...

by Valerie A. Bica, BSN, RN, CPN, and Michelle Limo, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCS

Attendees will obtain an in-depth look at kidney injury and malnutrition clinical indicators and coding requirements to clarify the documentation differences needed for diagnoses within the pediatric versus...

by Linda Jackson, RHIT

This presentation details the journey of a behavioral health hospital’s quest to embrace CDI when there was no precedent to do so. Behavioral health hospitals need to employ CDI tenets and practices to support great quality of care, accurate coding, and...

by Sara Atwater, MD, MPH, and David Reece, BSN, RN, CCDS

Outpatient CDI has blurred definitions, few established guidelines/metrics, limited software, and a mostly “home-grown” group of relatives. This session provides insight from an established outpatient CDI program on...

by Sandra Surratt, BSN, RNC-OB, and Michelle Walters, MSN, RNC-OB

This presentation includes detailed strategies for physician engagement and education to ensure accurate documentation of diagnoses and procedures as they affect quality measures and publicly reported data.

by Stephanie Hill-Sandoval, RN, and Lucinda Lo, MD

While 100% concurrent review might be touted as the gold standard, there are usually more charts to review than time and resources. Speakers will share three methods to prioritize CDI workflow and share case examples...

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