Education

Krystal Haynes, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, & Holly Saratella, MHA, CDIP, CCS

In this session, attendees looked at how coding and CDI operations affect various CMS scoring measures and learned how UCHealth in Colorado tackled mortality risk modeling processes, incorporated concurrent...

Mel Tully, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, & Amy S. Leopard, JD, MS

As clinical documentation advances across practices and integrates with the EHR and enabling CAPD and AI technologies, new compliance risks arise. In this session, attendees identifed ways in which accelerated EHR and other...

Barinder K. Gill, CCS, CDIP, CCDS

Burn coding is unique in that physicians should be specific in documenting certain parameters of burn patients. Degree of burns, extent of burns (total extent, each degree burn extent), location of burns, and type of burns are information that is...

Brian Murphy and the ACDIS Advisory Board

This closing panel discussion evaluated the present state of the CDI industry, including its strengths and limitations, and offered insight and strategies for its necessary evolution. Participants received a valuable recap of some of the...