Population Health ASCEND | Page 13

Ambulatory CDI Focused Clinical Documentation Improvement program to accurately capture population risk and enhance data integrity. Challenges • Inability to appreciate impact of diagnosis coding on risk-based contracting • Increased payer denials due to poor outpatient coding • Inaccurate or incomplete documentation yields fragmented care management Benefits • Improve practice workflow to ensure accurate ICD-10 coding • Ensure accurate assignment of hierarchical condition categories (HCCs) • Enhance position for risk-based contracting • Improve revenue cycle by reducing denials • Optimize risk stratification to improve care management Click here for more information. 13