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2-Midnight Rule
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, the participants should be able to:
- Identify the key elements needed, and documentation required, for appropriate inpatient admission under the 2-midnight rule
- Review the exceptions to the 2-midnight rule that are compliant for an inpatient admission that spans less than 2 midnights
Presenter: Marianne Ries, M.D., M.B.A., CPE, Physician Advisor, Institute for Population Health and Care Transitions Management
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Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, the participants should be able to:
- Identify the major causes of Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Describe appropriate procedures and radiographic evaluation for suspected Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Identify patient risk factors for Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Presenter: Marianne Ries, M.D., M.B.A., CPE, Physician Advisor, Institute for Population Health and Care Transitions Management
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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, the participants should be able to:
- Recognize the diagnostic possibilities associated with a wide range of renal pathologies
- Discuss the documentation requirements to support accurate diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
- Recognize documentation requirements to distinguish various renal pathologies
Presenter: John Hall, M.D., M.S., JD, MBA, FRCPC, FCLM, CPE, Physician Advisor, Central Business Office and Strategic Revenue Services
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Acute Respiratory Failure
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, the participants should be able to:
- Define and classify acute respiratory failure
- Describe appropriate diagnosis of hypercapnic respiratory failure
- Describe appropriate diagnosis of hypoxic respiratory failure
- Describe clinical signs and symptoms of acute respiratory failure
- Describe how clinical signs and symptoms link with objective findings to diagnose acute respiratory failure
Presenter: Marianne Ries, M.D., M.B.A., CPE, Physician Advisor, Institute for Population Health and Care Transitions Management
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Anemia
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, the participants should be able to:
- Review the usual guidance for diagnosis
- Recognize documentation required to support a valid diagnosis of anemia
- Discuss documentation required for inpatient admission
Presenter: John Hall, M.D., M.S., JD, MBA, FRCPC, FCLM, CPE, Physician Advisor, Central Business Office and Strategic Revenue Services
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Atrial Fibrillation
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, the participants should be able to:
- Describe classification of paroxysmal, persistent chronic, and permanent Atrial Fibrillation
- Identify the assessment elements and scoring of CHA2DS2-VASc Stroke Risk Assessmen
- Identify and describe risk factors for the development of Atrial Fibrillation
Presenter: Marianne Ries, M.D., M.B.A., CPE, Physician Advisor, Institute for Population Health and Care Transitions Management
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Chest Pain
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, the participants should be able to:
- Identify and describe Type 2 MI
- Describe the fourth universal definition of MI and the types of MI
Presenter: Marianne Ries, M.D., M.B.A., CPE, Physician Advisor, Institute for Population Health and Care Transitions Management
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Encephalopathy
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, the participants should be able to:
- Identify and describe differences between characteristics of Dementia and Delirium
- Identify the primary diagnoses that are the most common source of acute encephalopathies
Presenter: Marianne Ries, M.D., M.B.A., CPE, Physician Advisor, Institute for Population Health and Care Transitions Management
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Failure to Thrive (FTT)
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, the participants should be able to:
- Recognize distinct criteria for frailty and adult failure to thrive
- Discuss the interdependence of frailty and adult failure to thrive
- Describe the documentation requirements for frailty and failure to thrive
- Recognize the parts of frailty and failure to thrive diagnoses that may be delegated
Presenter: John Hall, M.D., M.S., JD, MBA, FRCPC, FCLM, CPE, Physician Advisor, Central Business Office and Strategic Revenue Services
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Health Information Management
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, the participants should be able to:
- Describe the differences between coding and CDI queries
- Discuss the interaction between medical record specificity and coding specificity
- Review the requirements for significant components of the medical record- MEAT components
- Recognize the benefits to patients and practices of complete and specific documentation
Presenter: John Hall, M.D., M.S., JD, MBA, FRCPC, FCLM, CPE, Physician Advisor, Central Business Office and Strategic Revenue Services
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Heart Failure
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, the participants should be able to:
- Define heart failure and identify causal conditions
- Identify physical exam findings characteristic of heart failure
- Characterize different types of heart failure and how they are documented
Presenter: Marianne Ries, M.D., M.B.A., CPE, Physician Advisor, Institute for Population Health and Care Transitions Management
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Malnutrition
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, the participants should be able to:
- Recognize the importance of nutritional consultation in making a malnutrition diagnosis
- Identify the six components of the ASPEN criteria for malnutrition
- Explain the role of biomarkers in a diagnosis of malnutrition
Presenter: Marianne Ries, M.D., M.B.A., CPE, Physician Advisor, Institute for Population Health and Care Transitions Management
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Observation
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, the participants should be able to:
- Review the difference between patient status and services
- Explain the limited ability to change the status of an inpatient
- Discuss appropriate methods to stop observation services
Observation vs. Inpatient Tip Sheet
Presenter: Marianne Ries, M.D., M.B.A., CPE, Physician Advisor, Institute for Population Health and Care Transitions Management
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Pneumonia
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, the participants should be able to:
- Identify the most positive predictive physical exam findings for community acquired pneumonia
- Identify indications for respiratory (sputum) and blood cultures
- Describe the clinical decision support tools of Pneumonia Severity Index and CURB-65
Presenter: Marianne Ries, M.D., M.B.A., CPE, Physician Advisor, Institute for Population Health and Care Transitions Management
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Pulmonary Embolism
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, the participants should be able to:
- Identify strong probability risk factors for pulmonary embolus
- Describe ECG findings that occur with a pulmonary embolus
- Identify the most common signs and symptoms of pulmonary embolus
Presenter: Marianne Ries, M.D., M.B.A., CPE, Physician Advisor, Institute for Population Health and Care Transitions Management
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Sepsis
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, the participants should be able to:
- Identify the key elements required to make a diagnosis of Sepsis, Severe Sepsis, and Septic Shock
- Review documentation requirements for Sepsis that identify a presumed, suspected, or known source of infection and tie the key SIRS indicators to that source of infection
Presenter: Marianne Ries, M.D., M.B.A., CPE, Physician Advisor, Institute for Population Health and Care Transitions Management
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Syncope
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, the participants should be able to:
- Describe the definition of Syncope, according to the American Heart Association
- Identify the 3 most common categories of cause of Syncope
- Identify and describe the most common risk stratification rules
Presenter: Marianne Ries, M.D., M.B.A., CPE, Physician Advisor, Institute for Population Health and Care Transitions Management
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TIA and Stroke
Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, the participants should be able to:
- Identify other diagnoses that mimic a Transient Ischemic Attack
- Describe the factors assessed in a NIH Stroke Score
- Describe the National Stroke Association’s ABCD2 score
Presenter: Marianne Ries, M.D., M.B.A., CPE, Physician Advisor, Institute for Population Health and Care Transitions Management