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Enhancing outpatient clinical documentation is crucial for maintaining accuracy, compliance, and proper reimbursement in today’s complex healthcare environment. This webcast, presented by industry expert Angela Comfort, DBA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, will provide you with actionable strategies to tackle complex challenges in outpatient documentation. You’ll learn how to craft detailed clinical narratives, utilize advanced EHR features, and implement accurate risk adjustment and HCC coding. The session also covers essential regulatory updates to keep your documentation practices compliant. Join us to gain the tools you need to improve documentation quality, support better patient care, and ensure financial integrity.
$99.00
$99.00
Outpatient clinical documentation faces significant challenges, including the need to capture complex patient conditions accurately while staying compliant with constantly changing regulations. The increasing complexity of cases, frequent regulatory updates, and underutilized EHR features contribute to documentation errors that can lead to missed risk adjustments, inaccurate coding, and compliance risks. These issues not only jeopardize patient care but also expose healthcare providers to financial penalties, making it essential to address these challenges effectively.
This webcast, led by Angela Comfort, DBA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P—a recognized expert with over 30 years of experience— will equip you with practical strategies to overcome these challenges. You’ll learn how to enhance clinical narratives for complex cases, leverage advanced EHR features to streamline documentation, and implement accurate risk adjustment and HCC coding. The session also covers up-to-date regulatory compliance strategies, ensuring that you stay ahead of changes that impact documentation practices. By attending, you’ll gain the tools and knowledge to elevate documentation quality, support better patient outcomes, and secure proper reimbursement.
This topic is especially relevant for coders, as the accuracy of coding depends heavily on detailed clinical narratives and precise documentation. Understanding how to navigate EHR systems and stay current with regulatory changes is essential for ensuring compliance and avoiding financial penalties. This webcast addresses the critical aspects of complex outpatient documentation that directly impact the financial and operational efficiency of healthcare organizations.
Outpatient/physician office coding professionals, outpatient/physician office CDI professionals, HIM Directors, Physician Practice Managers
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Angela Comfort, DBA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, serves as the Assistant Vice President of Revenue Integrity at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. With over 30 years of extensive experience in Health Information Management operations, coding, clinical documentation integrity, and quality, Angela has established herself as a leader in the field. Before her tenure at Montefiore, she held the position of Assistant Vice President of HIM Operations at Lifepoint Health. Angela is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Tennessee Health Information Management Association (THIMA), where she is currently serving as Past President, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS), and the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA). She is recognized as a subject matter expert and has delivered presentations at local, national, and international conferences. Angela holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Administration from Stephens College, as well as a Master of Business Administration and a Doctor of Business Administration with a focus in Healthcare Administration from Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, TN.
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This program has the prior approval of AAPC for 0.5 continuing education hour. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor. |
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This program has been approved for 0.5 continuing education unit for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Granting prior approval from AHIMA does not constitute endorsement of the program content or its program sponsor. |
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