Sara Baine, MSN-Ed, CCDS, and Rhonda Peppers, RN, BS, CCDS, present a professional approach to querying for SOI/ROM, to deomnstrate the effects on the medical record, financial impact on the facility and physician, educational needs for CDIs and providers, and how SOI/ROM improves quality data...

Cheryl Manchenton, RN, BSN, describes how new regulations and federal and state payment reforms link quality performance to financial incentives and reimbursement. This presentation discusses best practices for CDI to support accurate quality outcomes data, processes for flagging potential or...

Shannon Newell, RHIA, CCS, AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer, and Richard D. Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, describe how hospitals get paid for their performance by CMS using outcomes derived from ICD-9-CM (soon to be ICD-10-CM) codes. In the IPPS FY 2014 final rule, CMS refined and further  expanded...

Katy Good, RN, BSN, CCDS,  CCS, and Benjamin Keeler, RN, BSN, PCCN, MHI, explain how to leverage your CDI program to improve hospital rankings and SOI/ROM; assist in the transition to pay for performance; initiate real-time quality improvement and monitoring; and improve core measure compliance...

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