Utilization Review and CDI: Collaboration Is the Key to Success
Teri Rice, RN, MSN, MBA, MHA, CHC. Identify best practices in building a collaborative relationship between utilization review and CDI that will help to improve reimbursement outcomes. This session...
Orienting From Afar: Virtual Orientation and Education
Autumn Reiter, MBA, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CCS, and Laura J. Werner, DC, MSN, RN, BA, BSN, CDIP, CRCR, CCS. In this session, attendees will learn the art of orienting CDI specialists, whether new to the...
Social Determinants of Health: The Next Level of CDI
Rachel Mack, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, CRC, and Connie Ryan, MBA, RN, CDIP. This session will describe the impact that social determinants of health (SDOH) can have on communities and explain ICD-10-CM...
Newborn Respiratory Failure and Further Specifications
Danielle Flores, RN-CDIS, and Ashley Impriano, BSN, RN, CDIS. Do you know how to distinguish between types of newborn respiratory failure and when to exclude respiratory failure of the newborn? During this...
Medical Decision-Making in CDI: What’s in It for Them?
Erica E. Remer, MD, CCDS. January 1, 2023, brought a huge change in the way providers need to document to justify their professional bill. Using medical decision-making (MDM) as the only component can align...
Clinical Validation for Newborns: New Sepsis and Jaundice Guidelines
Lucinda Lo, MD, and Sheilah J. Snyder, MD, FAAP. This session will review new clinical practice updates in pediatrics, including febrile infant and hyperbilirubinemia guidelines. Specifically, ...
Joy Bombay, RN, MSN, MHA, CCDS, and Sandra H. Love, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CPC. The pediatric CDI program at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist has enhanced documentation integrity by capturing diagnoses that can improve outcomes for...
Engaging New Sites: Community and Critical Access Hospitals
Jessie Roske, MD, FHM, and Ann Zierden, RN, CCDS. Participants will hear one health system’s journey to expand its CDI program to critical access and community hospitals. The speakers will identify the...
Kalena Britt, RN, BSN, CCM, CCDS. The change to the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) for skilled nursing facilities (SNF) as of FY 2020 resulted in the increased importance of documentation to support ICD-10-CM...
