Education

Amber Sterling, RN, BSN, CCDS

CDI programs in emergency services carry a unique set of challenges for everyone involved: CDI specialists, case managers, and physicians. These five strategies will position CDI directors to launch a successful documentation improvement initiative...

Rani Vivian Stoddard, MBA, RN, CPHQ, RHIT, CCDS

This session demonstrates how a midsized standalone hospital used a variety of tracking tips and techniques to parse CDI data and metrics to reveal useful trends and information. This includes CMI, unspecified code usage, PSIs, and...

Yvonne R. Whitley, RN, BSN, CPC, CRC, CDEO

Ambulatory CDI is in its infancy, but Novant Health implemented a program three years ago and has made significant progress with providers’ specificity with diagnoses and documentation. The audience will learn how Novant implemented and...

Gopi Astik, MD; Kristine Green, RN, BSN; Charlotta Weaver, MD, MS

Modern CDI programs have built strategies to perform secondary reviews on HAC and PSI cases to decrease false positives and ensure accurate public reporting. Northwestern Memorial Hospital moved beyond HACs and...

William Haik, MD, FCCP, CDIP

This session includes the evolving definitions of sepsis and acute respiratory failure, including calculation of P/F ratio. It includes audience interaction as well as strategies for preventing adverse RAC determinations.

Rishi R. Bakshi, DO, MS, BS

This presentation describes how a large academic medical center leveraged the EMR to enhance CDI. It describes how solutions can be built into provider documentation workflow in the EMR for primary capture of diagnoses, allowing for sustainable...

Marion G. Kruse, RN, MBA

Wondering what MACRA, HCCs, and RAF are, and their relationship to outpatient documentation? Tired of hearing all the rhetoric and none of the solutions? This session describes how to leverage your current technology, data, and institutional knowledge to...

Lisa M. Adkins, MSN, RN, CPNP, CRCR, CPHM; Valerie A. Bica, BSN, RN

Are you a pediatric hospital faced with the uncertainty of ACO involvement and increased denials from payers for “non-specific codes”? Learn how Nemours/A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware,...

Drew Siegel, MD, MS HIM, CCDS, CPC

This session provides an overview of GI and liver diseases frequently underdocumented, including inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, gastric and duodenal ulcers, acute pancreatitis, and more. Examples of queries and...

James P. Fee, MD, CCS, CCDS; Michael D. Teague, MD, SFHM, CCDS

This session features a case study of a successful development of a physician advisor program, which includes selecting the most appropriate individual, comprehensive education, and mentoring. Presenters share...