Have you seen the picture of a tabby cat looking into a mirror and seeing a lion look back? That is a great metaphor for life – how do we overcome our own inner barriers and self-imposed limitations to fulfill our true potential and achieve our most authentic goals? In...
Garry L. Huff, MD, CCS, & Christopher M. Huff, MD, FACC
This father-and-son team of physician clinical coding expert and interventional cardiologist examined the updated definition of acute myocardial infarction and its effect on documentation, coding, and physician queries...
This informative session explored how Wake Forest Baptist Health has approached integrating its CDI department throughout its six facilities. This team created useful tools to...
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...
