Last call for ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI speaker applications is today. Presenters must complete the application by Friday, March 15. If you know you would like to present but cannot finalize your submission by today, please email ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas at mvarnavas@acdis.org. 

Click here to view and complete the speaker application.

This application includes a call for 1) speakers, 2) poster presentations, and 3) lightning round education sessions.
 
All presenters are eligible for reduced or complimentary admission to the event. Speakers: This is for a traditional one hour PowerPoint (.ppt) session (50 minutes presentation and 10-minute Q&A). Accepted speakers and co-speakers receive complimentary admission to the event.
 
Poster presenters: Poster presenters create a   poster (48 inches HIGH X 36 inches WIDE) pertaining to their topic of consideration. Poster presenters receive $200 off the cost of admission.
 
Lightning round panelists: Participants will create a brief presentation regarding their topic and/or discuss the highlights of an aspect of their outpatient CDI program for a maximum of 10 minutes. They will be paired with other four other panelists, each presenting 10 minutes, together comprising a single one- hour session. Lightning round presenters will receive $200 off conference admission.

The 2019 ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI, to be held November 14-15, at the Hyatt Regency in Austin, Texas.

We seek presentations on all aspects of outpatient clinical documentation improvement (CDI). That includes regulatory guidance and best practices for establishing successful programs in all outpatient settings, including physician practices, ambulatory, observation, ED, and other relevant areas.
 
Sessions from organizations with successful programs who are willing to share their best practices are particularly welcome and will receive additional consideration. In addition, we are looking for presentations on the following topics:

• Metrics and data analytics: Key metrics related to outpatient CDI
  • Demonstrating the return on investment for system administrators
  • Statistics on physician buy-in (query response, agreement, etc.)
  • Statistics to analyze to improve physician buy-in (HCC improvement, quality scores, public reporting, etc.)
• How to conduct quality-of-care focused reviews in the outpatient setting
• Difference in CDI practices: Ambulatory (physician/clinic, etc.) vs. hospital-based outpatient (ED/observation, etc.)
• Denials management and audit defense
  • Implementing an internal Medicare risk adjustment audit
  • Leveraging information from Risk Adjustment Data Validation (RADV) audits/CDI efforts for improving RADV outcomes
• How to leverage the EMR to improve outpatient CDI
• Provider education in outpatient CDI
• Strategies for provider engagement in outpatient settings
• Clinical considerations
  • Diabetes
  • Congestive heart failure
  • Alzheimer’s disease/mental health concerns
  • Renal diseases
  • Cancer treatments
  • Other conditions commonly treated in outpatient settings
• Coding systems and strategies
  • HCCs and how to calculate
  • Risk modeling beyond HCCS (Vizient, Truven, CMS O/E)
  • Evaluation & Management coding and CDI opportunities

Sessions will be chosen by the 2019 ACDIS Symposium Conference Committee.
 
CDI and/or HIM/coding professionals typically present at ACDIS, but we also welcome practicing physicians, case management and quality personnel, healthcare auditors, lawyers, and other professionals with a tie to, or an interest in, CDI. 
 
We look forward to hearing your ideas on making the 2019 ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI a richly rewarding experience for all attendees. Click here to apply.