Leapfrog Safety Grade, CMS Five-Star, U.S. News and World Report, Truven Top 100—there’s a maze of public quality report cards that detail process and outcomes measure performance for hospitals, nursing homes, physicians, and other providers....
All areas touching documentation need to work in synergy to be fully functional. This session is for any professional who is ready to move the needle on their CDI program but requires tangible, widely applicable methods to do so. Topics covered included...
Melissa Varnavas with members of the ACDIS Local Chapter Advisory Board
Duringthis session, attendees learned how local chapter involvement can help with professional development and obtained techniques for mentoring, training, and transitioning applicable both for chapter...
Insurance denials affect every institution, and defending them is likely a familiar subject. However, this can become more complicated in pediatric populations. Auditors often use adult clinical criteria to establish when a diagnosis is invalid....
In this presentation, attendees learned the science of metastases as well as the clinical impact on organs distant from the primary site. Participants explored the most common types of cancer and their metastatic preferences as well as how to “read...
Brian Y. Cui, RHIA, CDIP, & Judy Cassety, BSN, RN, CCDS
Participants learned key tools for effective communication and presentation creation. During this session, attendees learned the power of creative content and various methods for sharing CDI knowledge.
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...
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...
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...
