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Join us on Thursday, 4/27, to hear how leaders from Penn State Hershey Medical Center overcame these obstacles and identified concrete outcomes related to a wide-range of initiatives—from hospital acquired conditions and present on admission to patient safety indicators, mortality reviews, and readmission reduction. The multi-disciplinary panel will provide participants with clearly defined data elements as well as take-away tools for physician engagement and education.
At the conclusion of this ACDIS Live! program, you’ll be able to: - Define core quality initiatives such as value based purchasing and hospital inpatient quality reporting
- Identify the complex reimbursement implications of value based purchasing
- Identify opportunities for CDI and quality partnerships
- Identify CDI focus areas related to quality concerns
- Develop strategies for provider and staff engagement in quality efforts
- Employ strategies for working across departmental lines
- Define the roles and responsibilities of core team members
- Assess productivity expectations and staffing requirements to meet advanced quality review needs
- Leverage public reporting to demonstrate CDI success
| Meet our expert speakers: | Carol Houlihan, MHA, RHIA, quality informatics (QI) manager at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, has more than 25 years of experience including 10 years on the QI team, whose mission supports regulatory and pay-for-performance needs. The QI staff has a variety of backgrounds, including HIM, nursing, and CDI. Prior to her QI work Houlihan served as a coding and cancer registry manager and spent seven years at the state QIO/PRO in various roles from DRG/coding specialist to project leader, compliance specialist, and project manager. | | Melissa Macguire, RN, CDI educator at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, has more than 20 years of nursing experience, and is pursuing her master's degree in nursing with a concentration in leadership. Prior to her educator role, Macguire was a CDI specialist, clinical informatics specialist, and direct care nurse. | | Marcy Miles,MT, (ASCP), MBA, manager of quality and process excellence at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, has more than 20 years of experience in the clinical laboratory and more than 15 years of management experience in quality and regulatory process improvement. She has a bachelor’s degree in medical technology from the University of Pittsburgh and her master’s degree in business administration from Binghamton University. Miles received her Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification in 2016. | | Deanne Wilk, RN, CCDS, CCS, CDI manager at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, has nearly 30 years combined coding, clinical, management, educational, and CDI experience. She began her CDI career in 2010 and transitioned into the management role in 2014. Throughout her career, Wilk has developed and implemented CDI programs across the nation and led coding and CDI teams through the development of ICD-10 training and system-wide physician education on CDI. |
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