Education

Richard E. Wild, MD, JD, MBA, FACEP
Chief Medical Officer, Atlanta Regional Office, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Karen DiMeglio, RN, MS, CPC, CCDS; Jill O’Brien, MD
Are you struggling to get your physicians to understand why documentation is so important? Maybe you need the right physician advisor partner. This session will review how to choose the right physician advisor and identify...

Robert J. Stein, MD, FCCP, CCDS

In this era of value-based purchasing, accurate capture of respiratory failure not only impacts accurate MS-DRG assignment, but also CMS pay-for-performance claims-based outcomes such as mortality, readmission, and patient safety measures. This...

Robert S. Gold, MD

Every day CDI specialists and coding professionals struggle with the question: Is this a complication or an expected outcome of surgery? With an increase in publicly reported physician and hospital data, accurately reporting complications is vital to the...

Michael D. Teague, MD, SFHM, CCDS

This session will provide detailed clinical criteria used to diagnose complex medical conditions that are frequently underreported. A boardcertified, Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine physician will guide you through clinical vignettes to arrive...

Mary McGrady, MSN, RN, CCDS, CRCR; Briggs Strelow, MD, CCDS; Irina Zusman, RHIA, CCS, CCDS

Working in a large academic medical center provides the opportunity to code procedures that are on the forefront of the medical field. The link between coding and CDI is becoming stronger,...

John C. Alexander Jr., MD, MBA; James P. Fee, MD, CCS, CCDS; Garry L. Huff, MD, CCS, CCDS; Adriane K. Martin, DO, FACOS; George W. Wood, MD

This panel presentation will explore the charged topic of how to best communicate with and educate your medical staff regarding coding and...

Timothy N. Brundage, MD, CCDS

This session will focus on the top 15 hospital-based medical diagnoses and their need for specific documentation under ICD-10. These diagnoses and their clinical criteria will be reviewed. The session will also discuss how good CDI practice supports...

Donald M. Blanton, MD, MS, FACEP

Your admitting physician's H&P and discharge summary may not contain all the diagnoses of even the most severely acute illnesses—there may be disappearing diagnoses in the emergency department record. This session will discuss how to review...