Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Committee

Next Committee Call:

January 21, 2025 | 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, CHCQM, ACPA-C
Medical Director, Inpatient CDI - North Region & Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Endeavor 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)	Emeritus Clarissa Barnes, MD, FACP, ACPA-C Hospitalist, Avera McKennan, Avera Health	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, CHCQM-PHYADV AVP Mid-Revenue Cycle, Clinician Services, Advocate Health	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-PHYSADV Physician Reviewer, MedReview-Payment Integrity Division	Camile Gooden, MD, FACP, CHCQM-PHYADV, ACPA-C Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine, Physician Advisor, NYU Langone Health	Penny Jefferson MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CCS, CDIP, CRC, CHDA, CRCR, CPHQ, ACPA-C CDI Manager / CDI Services, University of California Davis Medical Center
Emeritus 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 Medical Director, UM/CDI and Care Management Unit Medical Director, Medical Specialties Unites Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center	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, Advocate 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, ACPA-C, CHCQM-PHYADV Director, PA for CDI & Financial Integrity, Nationwide Children's Hospital-Toledo	Kristin Wallick, MD, FCCP Senior Medical Director Denials, UCHealth Physician Advisor CDI UCHealth North	Sareem Wani, MD Medical Director of Hospitalist Program