When COVID-19 struck with stunning ferocity causing uncertainty across the healthcare landscape, Intellis stepped to the forefront as a go-to source for HIM and medical coding information and resources. … and they offered all of their expertise and insight at no cost. We call that “education generosity.” We’re proud to work with the outstanding Intellis IQ team.
To date, over 9000 medical coders, HIM leaders, and CDI specialists along with 227 health organizations have benefited from Intellis’ commitment to sharing FREE COVID-19 educational resources.
One Site for Information
As the HIM industry grapples to respond and provide clear direction, ambiguity reverberated as national health organizations release evolving updates. Intellis CEO David Van Doren said, “At the outset, we recognized the huge impact of COVID-19 on health information management (HIM). With our distributed workforce, we were instantly positioned to assist providers. Further, we created our IQ Crisis Team to consolidate and share HIM information.” On the Intellis website (IntellisIQ.com), the team developed a single source where HIM professionals can obtain current COVID-19 directives and latest news from AHIMA, AMA, CDC, and CMS (intellisIQ.com/COVID-19). Each day, the website is updated as information becomes available. Also, Intellis prepared — and continually updates — Coding Tipsheets and FAQs. The Intellis IQ COVID-19 page has been visited nearly 2,500 times and the Tipsheets referenced over 1,700 times.
One Source for Online Training
To assist in disseminating timely HIM information, Intellis opened the IQ Center, the company’s education portal, to offer several FREE courses to ALL industry professionals. Intellis’ industry-recognized SMEs VP Education & Training Kim Felix, RHIA, CCS, VP of Clinical and Quality Services Allison Van Doren, RN BSN CCDS CDIP CRC, and Director of Education Jeanie Heck, BBA, CCS, CPC, CRC present coding- and CDI-related updates based on AHIMA and CMS information (education.intellisIQ.com).
One Team for COVID-19 Education
As the health crisis evolves, Intellis experts presented COVID-19 coding and CDI webinars based on AHIMA and CMS information to 18 health organizations. The one-hour sessions focused on ICD-10-CM, MS-DRG, and IP CDI updates for inpatient settings, and ICD-10-CM, CPT/HCPCS/Telemedicine, and OP CDI updates for outpatient settings. Each presentation was followed by a Q&A session. CoxHealth IP Coding Supervisor, Health Information Management Dianne Pierce, RHIT, said, “I would like to thank the Intellis educators for providing thorough, updated coding and clinical advice concerning the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. We had all of our IP and OP auditors and CDI Leadership attend at least one session and have included information we received in our policy which our coders are currently using.” Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Director of Coding and Validation Susan B. Cohen, RHIA CDIP CCS, wrote, “Thank you so much for offering these webinars. They are so well done, and the staff really appreciate learning. Keep them coming!”
As the crisis continues, Intellis is committed to education sharing and contributing to the HIM knowledge-base. The COVID-19 online resource page, IQ Center courses, and webinars will continue to be updated as information evolves. Dates and times for updated webinars will be announced soon. Please contact info@intellisIQ.com for additional information.
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