Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Committee




Next Committee Call:

December 12, 2023 | 5pm EST

Erica Remer

Chair
Erica Remer, MD, CCDS

President, Erica Remer, MD, Inc

Waldo Herrera-Novey

Vice-Chair
Waldo Herrera-Novey, MD, MBA, MSc, CPE, FACP, SFHM

Medical Director, Inpatient CDI - North Region & Internal Medicine Hospitalist, NorthShore-Edward-Elmhurst Health

Ahmed Abuabdou

Ahmed Abuabdou, MBBS, MBA
Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Annie Akkar

Annie Akkara, MD, CDIP
Senior Physician Advisor, FairCode Associates

Debra Anoff

Debra Anoff, MD, FHM, FACP
Senior Medical Director of CDI, UCHealth (University of Colorado, Denver)

Clarissa Barnes

Clarissa Barnes, MD, FACP
President, ACPA

Jennifer Brettler

Jennifer Brettler, DO, FACP
ChristianaCare

Heather Briggs

Heather Briggs, MD, PhD, FACP, CHCHM, CCDS
CDI Learner Medical Director, University of Colorado

Joseph A. Cristiano

Joseph A. Cristiano, MD, FACP, CCDS
Section of Internal Medicine, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

Neelima Divakaran

Neelima Divakaran
Internal Medicine Hospitalist and Physician Advisor, NorthShore University Health System, Chicago, IL

Mercedes K C Dullum

Mercedes K C Dullum, MD, FACS, FACC
Physician Advisor

Eleanor Kurtz Fertig

Eleanor Kurtz Fertig, MD
Director, Regional Physician Advisor

Nancy Hernandez

Nancy Hernandez, MD
Physician Advisor, CDI Champion, Health First Health System

Penny Jefferson

Penny Jefferson MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CCS, CDIP, CRC, CHDA, CRCR
CDI Manager / CDI Services, University of California Davis Medical Center

Benjamin Kartchner

Benjamin Kartchner, MD
Associate Medical Director of Care Management, Multicare Health System

Kiran Kulkarni

Kiran Kulkarni MD, MS
Pediatric Hospitalist - Physician Champion, Clinical Documentation Integrity Team - Physician Advisor, Case Management

Roberta Camille Locko

Roberta Camille Locko, MD, FACR, FACNM, DFACMQ, FABQAURP, CMQ, CPHQ, CPPS, CPHRM, CRCR, CJCP, CMPC (APLCM)
Diagnostic Radiologist and Nuclear Medicine Physician, Physician Advisor

Adriane Martin

Adriane Martin DO, FACOS, CCDS
Vice President of Physician Services, Enjoin

Renee P. McGraw

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

Terry Bowman McLendon
System Medical Director, CDI HMH-TMC Associate Chief Quality Officer, Houston Methodist Hospital (HMH)

Rima Mercado

Rima Mercado
Unit Medical Director | Medical Specialties Units Associate Medical Director

Emeric Palmer

Emeric Palmer, MD, FACP
Senior Medical Director Resource Utilization, Mary Washington Healthcare

Rupesh Prasad

Rupesh Prasad, MD, FACP, SFHM
Medical Director Care Management and Hospitalist, Advocate Health Care

Purvi K. Shah

Purvi K. Shah, MD
Primary Care Internist + Medical Director, Population Health – Complexity Capture and Post-acute Care, NorthShore University HealthSystem

Sri Suravarapu

Sri Suravarapu
Hospitalist Physician, Stormont Vail Health

Kristin Wallick

Kristin Wallick
Medical Director, UCH North


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