AUDIOCONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists
presented on April 23, 2008
Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) is the new hot-topic in health information management. But no CDI program can be effective without an effective process for “rounding”—i.e., working the hospital floors and interacting on a day-to-day basis with physicians.
An effective CDI program is one that helps the HIM team cultivate a strong working relationship with physicians and ancillary staff, develop appropriate queries, close them when the needed information is delivered, and track daily work flow. Critical to this success is implementing an organized system of communication between departments and work functions that generate and maintain the documentation that is so imperative to accurate reimbursement under MS-DRGs.
This 90-minute audioconference is your ticket to best practices for a winning CDI program. Our speakers give you the tools and strategies you need to understand efficient methods of reviewing cases, how to work the floors and interact effectively with physicians, and achieve success on a limited budget and time constraints. Our presenters also provide an effective process for working with the HIM/coding staff on a retrospective basis.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA:
I. Establishing a daily workflow for clinical documentation specialists
A. Examining pros and cons of floor-by-floor v. service line models
B. Best practices
II. Prioritizing cases
A. Managing caseloads
B. Dealing with limited resources
C. Determining which cases you can and cannot impact
D. Working with physicians to help prioritize patients
E. Overcoming issues with patients’ insurance
1. MS-DRGs v. CMS-DRGs
2. Medicaid patients
III. Closing out queries
A. Getting responses documented
B. Auditing types of queries
1. Examining and tracking types of queries
; 2. Determining response rate and root causes of queries
IV. Educating physicians
A. Strategies for real time education vs. scheduled sessions
B. Working with ancillary department staff
V. Retrospective review of non-CC and non-MCC cases
A. Working with HIM/coding staff
A question and answer session follows the presentation
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this audioconference, you will be able to:
• Implement a win-win process for the physicians and the clinical documentation improvement (CDI) program
• Produce compliant queries
• Explain what queries to place
• Establish a process/daily workflow for your clinical documentation program
• Establish interdepartmental relationships to ensure a successful program
BONUS MATERIAL INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIALS PACKET!
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and
- Sample workflow chart
- Sample query forms
- Sample qualifying data for querying physicians
These materials are provided with PDF links.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
This program has prior approval of the American Academy of Professional Coders for 1.5 Continuing Education Units. Granting of this approval in no way constitutes endorsement by the Academy of the program, content or the program sponsor.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Pam Parris, RN, works in the clinical documentation field at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. She has more than 25 years experience in a variety of areas of nursing, from coronary and surgical intensive care, to post anesthesia care and same day admissions.
Tina Smith, R.N., BSN, is a clinical documentation improvement specialist at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. She has more than 34 years nursing experience in general medical - surgical hospital nursing and in therapeutic hemapheresis.
Colleen Garry, RN, BS, is the assistant director clinical documentation at New York University Medical Center in New York City. She has more than 17 years of work experience as a critical care nurse, transplant coordinator, ESRD educator, and outpatient program director, and is the author of HCPro's newest HIM book, Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist's Handbook.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Clinical documentation improvement specialists, HIM directors, inpatient coding staff, case managers, compliance officers, finance officers.
AUDIO ON-DEMAND
In addition to the regular purchase option for HCPro audioconferences, we are pleased to offer another option, an audio on-demand. Audio on-demand allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player. Purchase a CD or audio on-demand of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
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