Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Committee

Next Committee Call:

August 20, 2024 | 5pm EST

Chair
Erica Remer, MD, CCDS, ACPA-C
President, Erica Remer, MD, Inc

Vice-Chair
Waldo Herrera-Novey, MD, MBA, MSc, CPE, FACP, SFHM, ACPA-C
Medical Director, Inpatient CDI - North Region & Internal Medicine Hospitalist, NorthShore-Edward-Elmhurst Health

Vice-Chair
Adriane Martin, DO, FACOS, ACPA-C
Vice President of Physician Services, Enjoin

Alistair Aaronson, MD, MHA, FACP Medical Director for Care Management and CDI, Providence South Division	Emeritus Ahmed Abuabdou, MBBS, MBA, ACPA-C Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Annie Akkara, MD, CDIP, ACPA-C Senior Physician Advisor, FairCode Associates
Emeritus Debra Anoff, MD, FHM, FACP Senior Medical Director of CDI, UCHealth (University of Colorado, Denver)	Jennifer Brettler, DO, FACP, CHCQM-PHYADV Medical Director, Clinical Documentation Integrity, Christiana Care	Heather Briggs, MD, PhD, FACP, CHCHM, CCDS CDI Learner Medical Director, University of Colorado
Joseph A. Cristiano, MD, FACP, CCDS Section of Internal Medicine, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist	Sudhir Dhobale, MD, CHCQM Regional Physician Advisor Ascension, St. Vincent, Indiana	Neelima Divakaran, MD Internal Medicine Hospitalist and Physician Advisor, NorthShore University Health System, Chicago, IL
Mercedes K C Dullum, MD, FACS, FACC Physician Advisor	Eleanor Kurtz Fertig, MD, ACPA-C, CCDS Vice President Acute UR and UM, Sentara Health	Vic Freeman, MD, MPP, CHCQM Physician Reviewer, MedReview-Payment Integrity Division
Amber Isley, MD, MHA, FAAFP, CHCQM Vice President of Acute Clinical Care for Ascension Hospitals	Penny Jefferson MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CCS, CDIP, CRC, CHDA, CRCR, ACPA-C CDI Manager / CDI Services, University of California Davis Medical Center	Benjamin Kartchner, MD, ACPA-C Associate Chief Medical Officer, Brundage Group
Kiran Kulkarni MD, MS Pediatric Hospitalist - Physician Champion, Clinical Documentation Integrity Team - Physician Advisor, Case Management	Renee P. McGraw, MD FACOG Associate Professor – Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UAMS Physician Advisor, UAMS CDI Champion, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Terry Bowman McLendon, MD, FACP, FABQAURP System Medical Director, CDI HMH-TMC Associate Chief Quality Officer, Houston Methodist Hospital (HMH)
Rima Mercado, MD, CHCQM-PHYADV Unit Medical Director \| Medical Specialties Units Associate Medical Director	Robert Oubre, MD CDI Medical Director, St. Tammany Parish Health System	Emeritus Emeric Palmer, MD, FACP Senior Medical Director Resource Utilization, Mary Washington Healthcare
Rupesh Prasad, MD, FACP, SFHM, CHCQM-PHYADV Medical Director Care Management and Hospitalist, Advocateical Director	Hassan Rao, MD, CCS, CPC Executive Physician Advisor with Brundage Group and Lead Physician Advisor at Highland Hosptial affiliated with University of Rochester Medical Center	Alyssa Riley, MD, MEd, FAAP, CHCQM-PHYADV Director, PA for CDI & Financial Integrity, Nationwide Children's Hospital-Toledo
Sri Suravarapu, MD, MPH, CPE Medical Director, Utilization Review Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Stormont Vail Health Care	Kristin Wallick, MD, FCCP Senior Medical Director Denials, UCHealth Physician Advisor CDI UCHealth North	Sareem Wani, MD Medical Director of Hospitalist Program