AI to Capture Social Determinants of Health in Value-Based Care

Course Description

Examine the critical role of social determinants of health (SDOH) in value-based care and population health management. This session will present strategies for identifying and addressing SDOH, forming community partnerships and measuring the ROI of SDOH initiatives. Attendees will gain insights into innovative funding models and learn how to leverage advanced AI to capture, code and integrate SDOH data into their population health strategies.

Learning Objectives

• What are the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
• How does SDOH this Differ from the Social Drivers of Health?

• How does SDOH Fit into Value Based Care?
• How is SDOH Gaining Prominence in Conventional Reimbursement Systems (CMS)
• Describe the Ground Game for Improving the Capture of SDOH?
• Describe how SDOH Integrates with the EHR?

Areas Covered in the Session

• The Social Factors That Secretly Influence Health
• How does this Differ from the Social Drivers of Health?
• How does this Fit into Value Based Care?
• Gaining Prominence in Conventional Reimbursement Systems (CMS)
• What is the Ground Game for Improving the Capture of SDOH?
• How does this Integrate with the EHR?
• Next Steps
• Live Q&A Session

Suggested Attendees

• Coding Leadership
• Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Leadership
• Revenue Cycle Leadership
• Population Health Managers
• Care Coordination Teams
• Quality and Compliance Leaders
• Health IT Professionals
• Data Analysts Focusing on Healthcare
• Clinical Leaders and Department Heads
• Physician Practice Managers
• Nurse Managers and Clinical Educators
• Social Work and Community Health Teams
• Health Informatics Specialists
• Risk Management Leaders
• Value-Based Care Program Managers
• Telehealth Program Managers
• Patient Engagement and Experience Teams
• Healthcare Strategy and Operations Leaders

About the Presenter

Ms. Birnbaum is overseeing the HIMS Baccalaureate program at San Diego Mesa College, following her transition from Stanford Health Care, where she led the enterprise coding division from 2022 - 2024, and she had responsibility for the strategic direction and oversight of all coding activities for its hospitals, ambulatory activities and its physician practices. Prior to Stanford Health Care, she guided PeaceHealth in transforming its health information management (HIM), coding and clinical documentation integrity (CDI). Ms. Birnbaum spent five years at UC San Diego Health as enterprise-wide director of HIM/revenue integrity, where she also provided leadership and strategic direction for both professional and facility coding. She served as senior vice president of HIM and consulting for Peak Health Solutions, and HIM/Coding, and CDI director as well as its chief privacy officer at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, and director of quality resource management at Scripps Health.

Ms. Birnbaum was appointed as a Board Member of the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM) in 2019, and presently serves as its immediate Past-Board Chair. She recently joined Maverick Medical AI Advisory Board. Ms. Birnbaum was appointed to the Health Informatics Advisory Board for University of San Diego in 2023. She served as board member and officer of SDHC Board (San Diego Connect – Regional Health Information Exchange) from 2010 – 2022. Since 1990, Cassi has been an adjunct baccalaureate HIMS faculty member for San Diego Mesa College, and she has served on its advisory board since 1990.

As a Past Board Chair/President of AHIMA (2014 – 2016), Cassi was able to successfully lead the industry, profession, and its members to realizing its vision with a successful transition to ICD-10, Information Governance, and adoption of its Global Curriculum. Cassi was previously an AHIMA Director from 2009 – 2012, and she was honored to receive the 2019 AHIMA Distinguished Member Award, and the 2017 Distinguished Health Professions Alumnus recipient for the University of Kansas Medical Center.

She accepted on behalf of PeaceHealth 3M Healthcare’s Professional Fee Coding Award, and while at UCSD, 3M’s 2018 Innovator of the Year for accomplishments associated with Professional Fee and Single Path Coding. Cassi is a Past President for California Health Information Association from 2006 -2008, and she received its prestigious Distinguished Member Award in 2009.

Additional Information:

After Registration: You will receive an email with login information and handouts (presentation slides) that you can print and share with all participants at your location.

System Requirement:

• Internet Speed: Preferably above 1 MBPS
• Headset: Any decent headset and microphone which can be used to talk and hear clearly

Live Course Cancellation Policy: If for any reason Skillacquire need to cancel this program, Skillacquire will notify participants by email of the cancellation no less than 24 hours prior to the expected start time.

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