ACDIS Online: Uncovering Outpatient CDI Opportunities

Join Jennifer Boles, CPC, CRC, system manager of ambulatory CDI at Baptist Health System in Louisville, Kentucky, presents “An Evolution in Ambulatory CDI,” exploring oversight and management concerns and how the system has sustained program growth.

Join former ACDIS Advisory Board member Deanne Wilk, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, the CDI manager at Penn State, as she expands on her 2019 presentation exploring her systems’ challenges addressing the physician problem list and how they’ve risen to meet them in “The Problem with the Problem List: The Ongoing Saga.”

Take a break with colleagues and continue the conversation in addressing best practices related to the problem list. What other problems have EHR technologies introduced? How do you deliver education to providers around the problem list? What type of connection do you have with your IT department or CDI software provider? How do you maintain those connections?

Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, CDI education director at ACDIS, presents “Complimenting Practice-Yin and Yang of CDI: Outpatient and Inpatient.” CDI practice is in constant evolution. Obviously, the functions differ between the inpatient and outpatient settings but both teams can learn from each other, support each other, and grow with each other. These teams can be the yin to the other's yang.

Have you been playing along and collecting clues to solve our outpatient medical record mystery? Grab a cocktail and join us for an extraordinarily enjoyable outpatient inquiry networking session with members of the 2020/2021 events committee, ACDIS team, CDI Boot Camp instructors, seasoned outpatient CDI veterans, and fellow conference attendees.

Join ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas for “Professional Development Opportunities for CDI in the Outpatient Setting,” with past ACDIS Advisory Board and current CCDS-O committee member Tamara A. Hicks, RN, BSN, MHA, CCS, CCDS, ACM-RN, director of clinical documentation excellence (CDE), at Wake Forest Baptist Health (WFBH), in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and fellow CCDS-O committee member Judy Dokken, MBA, CHDA, RHIT, CCS, revenue cycle manager at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, with her colleague Lisa Norby, RHIT, outpatient CDI supervisor, at Mayo, for a discussion regarding importance of the CCDS-O certification and professional development opportunities in the outpatient setting.

Sandra Love, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CPC, CDI coding analyst, at Wake Forest Baptist Health (WFH) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, presents “Simplifying Risk Adjustment Physician Education at Wake Forest Baptist Health.” During the presentation, Love explores how her facility successfully integrated outpatient CDI efforts into HCC risk adjustment investigations and offers strategies to align quality improvement with information technology, professional coding, compliance, physician advisors, and physician education in meeting organizational goals for healthcare performance improvement.

Join attendees in the conference app for a cup of coffee and some networking. How can CDI program in the outpatient setting demonstrate national success in quality outcomes and revenue enhancement, while providing emphasis on accurate, complete, and compliant documentation practices through integrated education and multidisciplinary partnerships? What’s your CDI team’s approach to explaining risk adjustment to the provider community? What challenges have you had to overcoming in physician education? How is physician education in the outpatient/ambulatory setting different from the inpatient side?

Treva Vetter, RN, BSHI, BSN, MSN, CCA, and Nadja Paea, MBA, CCDS, CCS, present “Development, Implementation, and Training of Observation CDI.” Session attendees will obtain a framework for implementing an observation CDI program, developing metrics and examples of how to successfully train and equip staff for their new role as observation CDI.

Join Karen Newhouser, RN, BSN, CCM, CCDS, CCDS-O, CCS, CDIP, CDI content manager for AMN Healthcare Revenue Cycle Solutions in Tampa, Florida for “Evaluation and Management (E/M) Office Visit Revisions.” Session attendees will learn about new landmark revisions to the CPT® E/M codes and gain insight into the process behind the reimagined approach to office visits—directly from the Secretary of the CPT® Editorial Panel.