Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) have become an essential part of the gastroenterology team and the delivery of gastroenterology services. The role of APPs continues to evolve in the both the outpatient clinic and inpatient hospital setting. This recorded case-based presentation will review practical outpatient and inpatient cases as a teaching method to provide guidance in creating a quality gastroenterology note and enhance your knowledge in the field of coding.

This on-demand course will be available by May 14, 2019.

• Describe a quality note and how to create a good quality note.
• Gain knowledge from analyzing two inpatient case studies from clinical to coding; assessing one case study for a new consult and one case study for a follow-up visit.
• Gain knowledge from analyzing two outpatient case studies from clinical to coding; assessing one case study for a new consult and one case study for a follow-up visit.
  
  

Joseph J. Vicari, MD, MBA, FASGE
Dr. Vicari joined Rockford Gastroenterology Associates, Ltd. in 1997 and is now Managing Partner.  He also is the Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford.  Dr. Vicari completed his GI Fellowship in gastroenterology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and is Board Certified in Gastroenterology.  He currently serves Chair of the Practice Management Committee of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and is a journal reviewer for the American Journal of Gastroenterology.  Dr. Vicari has presented numerous lectures and presentations to students, and residents and physicians both locally and nationally.


Jill Olmstead, MSN, ANP-BC, FAANP
Jill Olmstead is an Adult Nurse Practitioner at Providence St. Joseph Health. She has practiced as an NP for over 15 years specializing in gastroenterology. Her practice includes evaluating and managing new patient GI consultations, follow-up visits and diagnostic Flexible sigmoidoscopies. Jill is credentialed as a certified coder, a clinical documentation improvement specialist and risk adjustment coder. Jill recently was inducted as a Fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and currently serves on ASGE’s Reimbursement Committee. She has been published in Gastroenterology Nursing, the Journal for the American Academy for Nurse Practitioners and the Journal for Nurse Practitioners.

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