Angela Kertz, RN, and Karen Newhouser, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CCM, presentation includes an easy-to follow, light-hearted analogy on choosing the most appropriate principal diagnosis. The proper "driver" ensures the CDI professional is capturing the maximum benefit by assisting with precise...
Fran Jurcak, RN, MSN, CCDS, tests typical conceptions about the query process and appropriateness of
queries through discussion of the difficulty in writing compliant and accurate queries. Her presetnation includes an overview of the 2013 AHIMA/ACDIS Query Brief and its practical...
Mark N. Dominesey, RN, BSN, MBA, CCDS, CDIP, CHITS-CP, MCP, explains how to create and use a directed step query in order to increase physician participation in the query process and to maximize specificity as demanded by ICD-10.
Trey La Charité, MD, reviews U.S. healthcare performance, medicine, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with an eye on how they pertain to CDI. Participants will see why our current healthcare system is broken and how this frames the strong drive for current reform efforts....
Elaine King, MHS, RHIA, CHP, CHDA, CDIP, FAHIMA, explores how emerging legislation and technology has created tremendous demand for CDI that extends beyond the traditional inpatient-focused initiatives into the outpatient arena. This session will explain how organizations can implement practical...
Bernadette Slovensky, RN, MSN, CCDS details how Stony Brook Medicine designed a CDI program for its emergency department with a focus on quality and capturing POAs. It will also explain how the effort required more than physician engagement and support. Practical solutions and best practices...
Teresa Hegard, RN, BSN, CCDS, and Emily Jazdzewski, RN, BSN, MAN, explore the too often overlooked area of psychiatry. Paying close attention to the details of this patient population can improve overall severity of illness and risk of mortality. CDI staff can emphasize the importance of the...
Trisha McCauliff Streb, RN, BSN, CCDS, focuses on the little understood and explored obstetrics service line. Most obstetrics patients are not Medicare, but many opportunities for improved APR billing/coding exist in this population. Participants will leave able to identify frequently missed...
Kathy Shumpert, MSN, RN, CCDS, explores how CDI can have a positive impact on RAC and other auditor denials and explains how to integrate your CDI program with revenue recoupment strategies in a true documentation integrity model. This session includes case studies with examples of RAC denials...
