Conference Materials

Attached is the powerpoint presentation " Case Study: How partnership with medical directors, clinical integration specialists, and coders impacts patient care," by Holly Flynn, RN, CCRN, Medical Quality and Documentation Improvement Consultant and Gene Peterson, MD, PhD, Associate...

Attached is the powerpoint presentation "Using outcomes data to effect change with CDI," by Richard D. Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, Co-Founder and Principal of HCQ Consulting in Chattanooga, Tenn.
 

Attached is the powerpoint presentation "Advanced practice CDI: Using a patient-centric model to take your program to the next level," presented by Jennifer Woodworth, RN, BSN, CCDS, Director, Clinical Documentation Integrity Program and Lara Broussard, RHIA, Coding Manager, both from...

This educational poster created by Rebecca "Ali" Williams, RN, BSN, CCDS, manager of documentation integrity at Spartanburg (SC) Regional Medical Center & Village Hospital, explains that in order for coders to accurately capture intracerebral hemorrhage physicians will need to specify the...

Attached is the powerpoint presentation Physician Queries: An Effective and Compliant Method for Success by Andrew Rothschild, MD, MS, MPH, FAAP, CCDS. ♦ Note that this includes the updated slides presented live at the conference.

Attached is the powerpoint presentation Expected event or surgical complication? A surgeon's perspective by Alan E. Williamson, MD, FACS, Vice President of Medical Affairs/CMO, at Eisenhower Medical Center, in Rancho Mirage, CA.

Attached is the powerpoint presentation A Review of Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM CDI Highlights by James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, Managing Director, of FTI Healthcare in Atlanta.
 

Attached is the powerpoint presentation Dealing with Difficult Physicians and Thorny Query Situations by Pamela P. Bensen, MD, MS, FACEP, CEO of Medical Education Programs, Inc., Buffalo Junction, VA. 
 

Attached is the powerpoint presentation A Clinical Review of the CC/MCC List by William E. Haik, M.D., FCCP, Director of DRG Review, Inc., in Fort Walton Beach, FL.

Attached is the powerpoint presentation Surgical Complications in the General Surgery, Bariatric Surgery, and Endoscopy Population by Jennifer C. Yanak, RN, MSN, MBA, and Brian J. Winkleman, MD,  from Provena Sait Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, IL.