HCCA physician compliance and documentation initiatives

On a recent planning call regarding the 2010 ACDIS conference, participants requested a session about enlisting assistance from risk management and corporate compliance for CDI.   So, I was pleased to see our friend Betty B. Bibbins, MD, FACOG, CHC, C-CDI, president and chief medical officer of DocuComp LLC., listed as general session speaker at the Health Care Compliance Association’s Physician Practice Compliance Conference in Philadelphia, October 11–13. As ACDIS Director Brian Murphy, CPC, said when he heard the news “it’s really great to see the integration of CDI in various venues.”

Bibbins session,Clinical Documentation Improvement Programs and Physician Advisors: Working Together to Improve Effectiveness takes place Monday, October 12. During the session, she’ll discuss  the importance of CDI to physician practices within the inpatient and office settings and provide a basic overview of the goals and mission of CDI programs.

Teresa M. Bivens, CPC, CHC, deputy compliance officer at the University of Louisville/HSC, also offers a presentation to physicians regarding the importance of appropriate documentation titled The Lighter Side of Documentation. During her program, participants will play a game a real life clinical documentation “Mad Libs,” and she’ll explain how proper documentation can help keep government investigators at bay.