Risk Modeling and Coding for Social Determinants of Health Margaret “Maggie” M. Foley, PhD, RHIA, CCS, associate professor for HIM at Temple University in Philadelphia and Suzanne Rogers, RHIA, CCS, CHDA, lead HIM associate at Vizient’s Center for Advanced Analytics...
Why Mortality Reviews Matter Sheri Blanchard, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, CCDS, CCS, CDI corporate director, and Julian Everett, RN, CDIP, regional CDI manager, at Orlando Health Hospital, Florida
A story can be told through documentation. Missing pages, chapters, and...
Risk Adjustment: Why CMI and SOI/ROM Aren’t Enough Cheryl Ericson, RN, CDIP, CCDS, Clinical Program Manager at Iodine Software in Austin, Texas
Many CDI specialists working in the inpatient setting are unfamiliar with HCCs, a risk-adjustment tool based on...
Record Interrogations for Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced Model: Tools for CDI Michelle Wieczorek, CCDS-O, RN, RHIT, CPHQ, Senior Manager of CDI Services at DHG Healthcare in Erie, Pennsylvania
Session attendees will learn about the BPCI...
Foraging a Path Through the Forest: Uncovering CDI’s Role in Clarifying Patient Safety Indicators Kari Thie, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDI director, and Maureen Bucci, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDI auditor at SCL Health in Broomfield, Colorado
Session attendees will learn how to...
This paper is the second in a series on risk-based clinical documentation integrity (CDI). As the use of risk adjustment in healthcare expands, so too does the reach of CDI professionals in capturing the patient’s story, including level of risk related to demographic factors, comorbidities, and...
Healthcare analysts and industry experts are forecasting that operating margins will remain depressed for the remainder of 2021. Elective surgeries are once again being placed on hold as available physical space within the hospital walls is limited, and longstanding staff shortages continue and...
