Healthcare institutions categorize and manage admission types, specifically urgent versus elective admissions, in various ways. To better analyze...Read More »
Like many organizations, Stanford Health Care was being pressured from both sides: Outside vendors would tell them they were missing potential revenue, while the...
Laura Werner, DC, RN, MSN-Ed, CDIP, CCS, and Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCDS
Hospital inpatient clinical and coding denials have increased substantially over the years. HIM/coding and CDI departments, however, can partner to address these denials, making a manageable...
Kim Hefelfinger, RN, CCDS, CCM, and Whitney Bardowell, MSN, RN, CCDS
Education is at the heart of all CDI efforts. In this session, attendees will learn strategies and build their educational toolbelt to help them implement CDI educational efforts or expand their current ones....
Penny Jefferson, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CCS, CRC, CHDA, CRCR, and Tami L. McMasters-Gomez, MHL, BS-HIM, CCDS, CDIP
CDI professionals play a critical role in ensuring accurate and complete clinical documentation that is aligned with coding guidelines and payer requirements....
This session will provide a comprehensive look at how the role of a CDI specialist affects far-reaching areas of the denials management landscape, beyond the usual focus area of clinical validation denials. A CDI...
Most CDI programs and professionals focus their provider education efforts on current diagnosis definitions, clinical recognition, and correct documentation terminology. The documentation nuances necessary for the construction of the...
CDI can collaborate with case management/utilization review (UR) teams to better manage medical necessity denials. CDI’s focus is usually on clinical validation, but medical necessity/level-of-care...
