AHIMA20 Virtual Conference

Kristen Geissler presented an educational session on “Mastering Risk Adjustment” and reviewed:

• Various risk adjustment models used in public quality report card and pay-for-performance measures, including which types of measures require risk adjustment
• Potential benefits and limitations of the different models, including specific elements and methodologies, such as types of diagnoses and procedures that impact expected outcomes, including new pushes to use social determinants of health
• How documentation and coding can impact risk adjustment accuracy, including discussion of specific strategies to improve awareness, accuracy, and measurement of risk adjustment outcomes

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