ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI

Saturday, May 3 – Sunday, May 4, 2025 | Kissimmee, FL

Discover your CDI program’s potential at the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI, a two-day event dedicated exclusively to clinical documentation integrity (CDI) efforts in the outpatient and ambulatory settings.

The ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI offers comprehensive sessions for both managers/leaders and clinical chart reviewers, including how to get started in the ambulatory setting, crafting compliant queries, collecting and analyzing metrics, and demonstrating return on investment. With two tracks on Day 2, there are options for attendees of all experience levels. Plus, take advantage of the many networking opportunities to connect with and learn from your peers!

Smaller and more intimate than the annual ACDIS conference, the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI provides an unmatched opportunity to listen to case studies from organizations with successful programs and equip yourself with practical resources and information that you can implement immediately.

Special Features:

• Networking Reception: Get to know your peers and chat with our exhibitors during a social hour at the end of the first day.
• Exhibitors: Visit the exhibit hall dedicated exclusively to outpatient CDI and learn more about the innovative solutions available to you.
• Keynote Speaker: Kick off two days of learning with an invigorating and empowering keynote session.

Attending both ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI and the 2025 ACDIS National Conference? Kick off a week of learning and save 15% on this event with your ACDIS conference registration.

ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI

Agenda

Saturday, May 3, 2025

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Registration and Networking Breakfast

8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Opening Remarks From ACDIS

8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Keynote: Free Your Brilliance™: Move Beyond Any Limits
Neena Meehan

9:25 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.
Clinical Validation: A Comparison of Inpatient and Ambulatory Arenas
Joanne Wilson RN, CCDS, and Michael Dagenais, BSN, RN, CCDS

10:25 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Networking Break

10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Building an Emergency Department (ED) Program
Eleazar Rada, MBA, BHM, CCS, CDIP, CRC, and Charles Reginald Ahlfield, MBA-HA, BSHI, RN-BC

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Networking Lunch

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Advocate Health's Comprehensive Annual Visit Program: Leveraging CDI to Inspire Measurable Change in Patient Care
Jessica Vaughn, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CCDS, CCDS-O, CRC; Vivian Gonzalez, MS; and Tara Gagner, MS, APRN, ANP-BC

2:10 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.
Po-TAY-toe/Po-TAH-toe, Does the Wording Really Matter (or Should I Say Matta?): Documentation for ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Coding
Shannon McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CEMC, CRC, CCDS, CCDS-O

3:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Networking Break

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Writing a Compliant CDI Query
Tammy Combs, MSN, RN, CDIP, CCS, CNE

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception

Sunday, May 4, 2025

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Networking Breakfast

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Track 1: Building the Foundation for an Outpatient CDI Program
Heather R. Smith, MA, CPC, CPMA; Linda Speer, MD; and Susan Carrier, RN, BSN, MBA, CPC, CCDS, CCDS-O

Track 2: Inspiring Your Outpatient CDI Program to Expand Past Basic Reviews
Danielle Wirth, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, and Melissa Jones, BSN, RN, CCDS-O

9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.

Track 1: Overcoming Barriers in Outpatient CDI
Colleen Gianatasio, CPC, CPC-P, CPMA, CRC, CPPM, CDEO,CPCO, CCS, CCDS-O, CHC

Track 2: Coding Intensity Differences: Why Does It Matter?
April D. L. Russell, MBA, CCDS-O, COC, CPC, CPC-P, CRC; Diane Pittman, CPC, CRC, CPMA, CCDS-O; and Jean Anne Jones, CPC, CCS-P, CCDS-O

10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Networking Break

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Track 1: Growing Your Outpatient CDI Team
Kenzi Brooks, CCDS-O, CCS, CRC, COC, CPC-A, and Tanna Lambert, RHIA, CCS, CCDS-O

Track 2: Catch That Claim: Ensuring Accurate Code and HCC Capture
Nichole Gaddis, RHIA, CCDS-O, COC, CRC, and Drew Walker, CCDS-O, CPC, CRC

11:30 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Networking Lunch

12:35 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.

Track 1: Inspiring the Problem List to No Longer Be a Problem
Nicole Barber, BSN, RN, CCDS-O, CPC-A, and Melissa Jones, BSN, RN, CCDS-O

Track 2: Awakening Excellence: CDI Rounding Model for Ambulatory Risk Adjustment
John Stoebe, JD, MHA

1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Track 1: Sustained Impact of Targeted Diagnosis Focus in Ambulatory CDI
Jenny Peters, RN, BSN, ONC, and Kayte Wuelling, RN, BSN

Track 2: Facility-Based Outpatient CDI: E/M and More!
Kim Conner, BSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, and Adriane Martin, DO, FACOS, ACPA-C, CCDS

— Agenda subject to change —

ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI

Learning Outcomes

After attending this event, learners will be able to:

• Identify best practices for reviewing outpatient documentation
• Describe strategies for starting or improving an outpatient CDI program
• Demonstrate how to construct a complaint query in the outpatient setting

ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI

Location

Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center
6000 West Osceola Parkway
Kissimmee, FL, 34746

Room rate: $234.00 + $38.00 resort fee*/night
Hotel cut-off date: Thursday, April 10, 2025
Marriott Reservation: 407-586-2000 referring to Event code, ACDIS Conference
Reservations URL: Coming Soon!
Hotel website: https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/mcogp-gaylord-palms-resort-and-convention-center/overview/ 

* The prevailing daily resort fee, will cover several in-room amenities which include: 

• Resort Wide Internet Access: 
  • Enhanced in-room wireless Internet Access for up to six (6) devices 
  • Basic Wireless Internet Access in Public Areas and Convention Center on a Shared Network. 
• Two (2) bottled waters replenished daily in your guest room 
• Scheduled shuttle service to Walt Disney World® Theme Parks & Disney Springs® 
• Two (2) pieces of Dry-Cleaning daily 
• Admittance for two (2) people to Yoga Classes – Offered twice a day, seven (7) days a week 
• Complimentary 24-hour access to fitness center 

HCPro/ACDIS has no affiliation with any third-party companies or travel assistance providers. Rooms should be booked directly with the event hotel using the official information provided on the website and in the brochure. 

Pricing

• Regular price: $955.00
• 15% discount when purchased with main conference: $811.75
• Early bird: $855.00 — Early Bird discount ends March 3, 2025!
• 15% discount when purchased with main conference: $726.75
• ACDIS member discount: $855.00
• 15% discount when purchased with main conference: $726.75
• Early bird plus ACDIS member: $755.00 — Early Bird discount ends March 3, 2025!
• 15% discount when purchased with main conference: $641.75

Want to talk to a member of our dedicated team? Contact Us via email at hcevents@hcpro.com or 855-225-5341 ext. 4005.

ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI

Continuing Education

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