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Malnutrition in the Crosshairs - You mean my malnourished patient isn't really malnourished? at:

Presented by Terese Scollard, MBA RDN LD FAND - Regional Clinical Nutrition Manager for Providence Health Services, Portland, OR 

This webinar is approved for 1 CPEU. Deadline to claim CE credit is 4/15/23.

Learning Objectives:

• Demonstrate documentation techniques to strengthen evidence for protein-calorie malnutrition that may help reduce risk for audits and insurance denials.
• Describe conflicts and confusion between the modern understanding of clinical malnutrition as described by the Academy/ASPEN 2012 Consensus Characteristics of Malnutrition, federal auditor denials of clinical malnutrition and advocacy groups working to reduce and prevent malnutrition.
• Identify ways dietitians, nurses and physicians can collaborate to communicate, create workflow and document to support clinical validation, accurate coding, and post-discharge treatment plans including opportunities for nutrition treatments and potential reimbursement in ambulatory settings.