Charting a Course to Excellence: Empowering Physician Advisors in CDI Programs

Launch date: November 15, 2024

Presented by: Penny Jefferson, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, CDIP, CRC, CHDA, CRCR, CCDS-O, CPHQ, ACPA-C

This presentation, Charting a Course to Excellence: Empowering Physician Advisors in CDI Programs, focuses on the pivotal role physician advisors play in the success of clinical documentation integrity (CDI) efforts. With accurate and thorough clinical documentation becoming increasingly important for both patient care and financial success, this session explores strategies to empower physicians through education, collaboration, and technology. Attendees will learn best practices for engaging physicians in CDI and measuring their impact on the program’s success.

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Understand the critical role of physician advisors
• Identify strategies for empowering physicians
• Explore the use of technology
• Evaluate the success of physician advisors
• Develop a roadmap for ongoing physician engagement

Agenda

1. Introduction
2. Empowering Pas: Why it matters
3. Key strategies for empowering physician advisors
4. Measuring success: Outcomes and metrics
5. Severity of illness and risk of mortality scores
6. Case mix index
7. Denials related to documentation
8. Clinical validation and audit outcomes
9. Length of stay accuracy
10. Physician engagement and education
11. Financial impact
12. Patient care metrics
13. Discrepancy between initial and final diagnosis coding
14. Conclusion (CTA)

Who Should Listen?

• CDI directors and managers
• CDI staff
• HIM/coding directors and managers
• Coding staff
• Revenue integrity directors and managers
• Revenue integrity staff
• Denials and appeals staff
• Quality professionals

Meet the Speaker

Penny Jefferson, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, CDIP, CRC, CHDA, CRCR, CCDS-O, CPHQ, ACPA-C, entered the world of healthcare 34 year ago as a medic in the United States Army. Jefferson has performed a variety of roles over the course of her career, including 14 years as a critical care nurse, and 13 years as a CDI specialist. In 2019, she accepted a position at Mayo clinic as a concurrent CDI reviewer, and then progressed to the position of supervisor. In December 2022, Jefferson accepted her current position at UC Davis Health where she works as a CDI manager.

Continuing Education

Coming Soon!