Risk adjustment and comorbidity indices
Today’s guests are Cassi Birnbaum, MS, RHIA, CPHQ, FAHIMA, senior enterprise director for HIM, CDI, and coding at CDI PeaceHealth based in Vancouver, Washington and Cheryl Manchenton, RN, CCDS, CPHM, is a senior inpatient consultant/project manager/quality services lead overseeing CDI at 3M Health Information Systems based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Today’s show is hosted by ACDIS Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas and is a part of our “Membership with Melissa” series.
Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive.
Today’s show is sponsored by 3M Health Information Systems. 3M Health Information Systems is committed to eliminating revenue cycle waste, creating time to care, and leading the shift from volume to value-based care through innovative software and services across the continuum of care. Get started today and improve your CDI team’s impact on financial and quality metrics. Learn more at www.3m.com/cdi.
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