• Assess interactions between hospital departments to positively influence throughput, length of stay, and accurate level of care.
• Explain the importance of a centrally located "care communication" center to oversee and guide decisions impacting patient throughput during the episode of care.
• Discuss how breaking down silos in the revenue cycle supports organizational quality performance and financial health.

This course is intended for Physicians of all specialties, Nurses, and Other Health Care Professionals with appropriate CME / CE credit offered for each profession.

All participants must achieve a final assessment score of at least seventy percent (70%) for recertification and continuing education credits. You have 60 days to complete the course after ordering.

This activity is valid from December 5, 2022, through October 6, 2025. Original release date: October 7, 2022.

About the Authors

Timothy Brundage, MD, CCDS
Physician Advisor and Chief Executive Officer - Brundage Group

Dr. Timothy Brundage is Chief Executive Officer and Physician Advisor at Brundage Group.
He is a past board member of the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) and is co-chair of the CDI committee for the American College of Physician Advisors (ACPA).
Dr. Brundage travels the country educating physicians, with a focus on breaking down departmental silos in hospital organizations by unifying clinical documentation across quality, utilization, denials and CDI. He is passionate about increasing the value of the physician advisor role within hospital organizations.

Dr. Brundage is a frequent presenter at the ACDIS annual conference and its state chapter meetings, as well as ABQAURP’s Annual Conference. He is a speaker for AHIMA at its annual meeting and its CDI Summit, as well as for ACMA state chapter meetings and the national ACMA Leadership and Physician Advisor Conference. Dr. Brundage is a presenter at the RAC Summit National Physician Advisor and Utilization Review Boot Camp.

Dr. Brundage was selected by Tampa Bay Business Journal as a Health Care Heroes award winner in the health care educator category.

Tara L. Sahno, MSN, BSN, ACM-RN
Manager, Care Coordination - Tampa General Hospital

Tara Sahno, MSN, BSN, ACM-RN is a highly skilled, nationally certified Case Manager with 16 years of Emergency Department nursing experience. She holds a Master’s Degree with fields of study in Public Health and Administration at University of Hartford, CT and a Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Nursing at Saint Joseph College, CT. Ms. Sahno’s current professional role is as Manager of Care Coordination at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, FL.

Ms. Sahno’s current professional initiatives are to increase efficient processes in the delivery of Case Management efforts; collaborating with clinical teams and providers to deliver safe efficient care through appropriate testing and clinical interventions based on patient signs, symptoms, and diagnosis; and establishing new processes in collaboration with procedural teams to increase scheduling efficiency through identification of appropriate hospital utilization and clinical progression vs. discharge to return as outpatient. Tara has developed and presented, in partnership with a colleague, professional CEUs on Caregiver Fatigue. She also completed a data analysis of current productivity and process improvement initiatives with the Tampa General Hospital Nurse Executive Team.

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