Audio Conference on CD or Audio On-demand
Sponsored by the The Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists
presented on November 12, 2008
The nature of the complex care provided in a long-term acute care (LTAC) setting requires physicians to completely and appropriately document patient severity. This complete clinical picture, including complications and comorbidities (CC) and major CC (MCC), helps drive MS-LTC-DRGs.
Coders must understand the clinical aspects of certain conditions and ensure compliant coding of those conditions. Compliance coding demonstrates an appropriate LTAC admission and accurately reflects the severity of each patient’s condition. Engaging physicians, providing LTAC-specific coder and clinical documentation improvement specialist (CDIS) education, and taking an interdisciplinary approach to CDI are essential in light of MS-LTC-DRGs.
During this 90-minute audioconference, our speakers deliver best practices for building and working with physicians, coders, and an interdisciplinary team to strengthen LTAC coding compliance. You’ll learn how to engage physicians and encourage them to provide the accurate and specific clinical documentation that coders need to capture appropriate CCs and MCCs to reflect a complete clinical picture. This will help to best reflect patient severity for outcomes and ensure that you receive the reimbursement you deserve.
This is an intermediate-level audio conference. Purchasers should have a basic understanding of coding, MS-LTC-DRGs, and case mix index.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA:
- Differences between LTAC and other settings
- LTAC admission criteria
- Patient severity: Importance of CC and MCC capture
- Capturing complex patient severity
- Logistical/staffing challenges
- Providing appropriate coder preparation and clinical documentation improvement specialists training
- Physician documentation challenges
- Most problematic CC/MCC pairs subgroups and triplet subgroups:
- Strategies to engage physicians
- Documentation improvement strategies
- Interdisciplinary approach to clinical documentation improvement (CDI)
- CDI challenges
- Maintaining compliance
- Over- and under-documenting
- Electronic Medical Record (EMR) challenges
- Importance of outcome management and reports
- Risk of mortality and severity of illness and impact of CDI program initiatives on expected mortality rates
A question and answer session follows the presentation.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this audio conference, you will be able to:
- Describe LTAC admission criteria
- Train physicians to appropriately document CCs and MCCs
- Discuss an interdisciplinary approach to clinical documentation improvement
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Wendy De Vreugd, RN, BSN, PHN, FNP, is the senior director of case management for the West and Mid-West hospital division of Kindred Healthcare, a long-term acute care hospital system in southern California. She has 39 years of clinical nursing experience in the healthcare industry, including 28 years in case management. She is an advisory board member for Case Management Monthly and for the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS), both from HCPro.
Robert S. Gold, MD, is founder and CEO of DCBA, Inc., in Atlanta, GA, a consulting firm that provides physician-to-physician educational programs in clinical documentation improvement. He has more than 41 years of experience as a physician, medical director, and consultant. Dr. Gold writes “Clinically Speaking” for Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies and “Minute for the Medical Staff” for Medical Records Briefing, and he is the author of the training handbook, “Documentation Strategies to Support Severity of Illness: Ensure an Accurate Professional Profile,” all from HCPro.
Rebecca J. Slagell, RHIT, CPHQ, is the Illinois/Wisconsin area director of case management and clinical documentation improvement at Kindred Hospital in Sycamore, IL, where she provides oversight for six hospitals in the district. She has more than 20 years experience including as DRG coordinator/coding supervisor, chief operating officer, and director of quality management.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
This program has been approved for 2 continuing education units for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Credits expire December 31, 2008.
BONUS MATERIAL INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIAL PACKET
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and copies of the following:
- Checklists for the interdisciplinary team
- CDI physician documentation tips
- Links to helpful Web sites, including HCPro's ACDIS and coding boot camps
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. Credits expire October 31, 2009.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
LTAC staff including HIM managers and coders, physicians and clinicians who document patient care, hospitalists, case managers, discharge planners, administrators, executive directors, finance officers, and compliance officers
AUDIO ON-DEMAND
In addition to the regular purchase options for HCPro audio conferences—live, CD, or combination packages—we are pleased to offer another option, 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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