Description: As the transition to value-based reimbursement continues, understanding the concept of HCCs is vital. Having just completed a four-year federal audit project, Intellis' experience in HCCs is unparalleled. Firelands understood the need to accurately reflect the acuity of their patient population. Together, Intellis and Firelands partnered to educate their providers in a myriad of settings. The speakers will discuss the partnership's successful engagement among their providers and staff. As coding accuracy is crucial in determining proper reimbursement, they will highlight different risk adjustment models, noncompliance that puts revenue at risk, and the value of including providers in HCC education.

Webinar Date: This was presented as part of OHIMA's 2021 Virtual Conference - February 23, 2021
Duration: 1 hour

Speaker:  Allison Van Doren, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, is the Vice President of Clinical and Quality Services for Intellis. Allison has over ten years of clinical nursing experience and eight years in CDI. She has successfully managed interdisciplinary teams focused on improving the quality and delivery of clinical documentation and patient care. She has presented for several national organizations regarding CDI’s role in Patient Safety Indicators, mortality risk adjustment, hierarchical condition categories and query compliance; assisted in the creation and development of CDI quality programs at a large urban academic health system; managed a CDI Department at an academic medical center; presented nationally for both ACDIS and AHIMA; and provided oversight and reviews of many compliance audits focusing on both clinical documentation, compliance, and risk adjustment.

Speaker:  Paula Mischler, RHIA, MEd, is the Health Information Management Director for Firelands Regional Health Systems. Paula has over thirty years of heath information management experience. She has successfully managed interdisciplinary teams focused on improving the quality and delivery of facility and professional coding. She has been employed for 23 years at the University of Toledo Medical Center (UTMC) in Toledo, Ohio, within the Health Information Management Department in the positions Inpatient Coder to HIM Director. Paula created a Documentation Improvement Program that is still in operation at UTMC. She has also worked in the past as an adjunct coding instructor for Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio, and at Fisher College in Boston, Massachusetts. She is an active member in the national, state and regional Health Information Management Associations. She is very passionate about health information and currently serves as an AHIMA Mentor to many AHIMA students.

Speaker:  Kimberly Garza, RHIT, is the Firelands Physician Group Coding Lead for Firelands Regional Health Systems. Kim has 6 years experience in the health field. She started working front desk at multiple different practices such as, Urgent Cares, Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Pulmonology, Primary Care, and Pain Management. She thrives on managing her coding team with her knowledge on professional coding. She coordinates with Practice Managers, office and clinical staff, and providers on education in documentation. She also works with patient accounts on denials. Kim graduated from Terra State Community College with an Associates of Applied Science in Health Information Technology cum laude in 2014. She also worked as an adjunct coding instructor for Terra State Community College.

Speaker:  Jeanie Heck, BBA, CCS, CPC, CRC, is the Director of Education for Intellis. She has been working in the health information management field for over 28 years. The majority of her experience has been in the outpatient physician practice arena. She has extensive experience as both a business and practice manager. Jeanie provides coding, auditing, billing, and education services to physicians and their staff in one-on-one, small and large group settings. She is currently a lead senior auditor for a large scale HCC federal engagement. Jeanie's taught medical coding for the past twelve years; is currently an adjunct faculty member in the Health Information Technology program and currently the lead medical coding instructor at Camden County College and is also a coding instructor and an adjunct faculty member of the HIT/Medical Coding Specialist Program for Santa Barbara City College. Her past and present teaching experience includes CPT, ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, Medical Coding Practicum, Health Care Reimbursement and Medical Terminology. She is an active member of AHIMA and the AAPC and a past board member of the AHIMA Clinical Terminology and Classification Practice Council.

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Cost: $25 Members / $35 Non-Members
1 AHIMA CEU*
Domain: Data Structure, Content and Information Governance

*AHIMA CEUs are also accepted by the AAPC! Check eligibility on the AAPC website.