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ERICA E REMER, MD, FACEP, CCDS

26075 Hurlingham Road Beachwood, OH 44122-2441

Office: (216) 514-1643 (preferred contact number) Home: (216) 464-4248 Cell: (216) 702-8087

E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Website: www.icd10md.com

BIRTHDATE: April 24, 1960 BIRTHPLACE: Manhattan, New York, USA MARITAL STATUS: Married. Spouse: Erick M Remer, MD EDUCATION: State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, New

York, MD, 1985. State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, BS, 1981. POSTGRADUATE University of Illinois Affiliated Hospitals Emergency Medicine Fellowship TRAINING: in Administration, Chicago, Illinois, 1988-1989. University of Illinois Affiliated Hospitals Emergency Medicine Residency,

Chicago, Illinois, 1985-1988. HONORS AND Hirsch’s Hero, 2018. AWARDS: Phi Beta Kappa, 1981. LICENSURE: State of Ohio License, 6/12/94. #35. 066982, exp. 4/1/20. State of Michigan License, 11/92. #4301060774, exp. 1/31/99. State of Illinois License, 10/20/86. #036-073959. Inactive as of 7/93. Federal DEA Certificate, 1988. BR0762698, exp. 4/30/18.

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BOARD CERTIFICATION:

Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine, December 1989. Recertified December 1999. Recertified September 2009.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists, 2012 – present. Advisory Board Member, April 2018 – April 2021. American College of Physician Advisors, September 2016 – present. CDI Education Subcommittee, co-chair, April 2017, Board of Directors Member, October 2017, Educational Committee member, February 2018, CDI Committee, co-chair, November 2018.

Board member, American Society of Medical Advisors, May 2013 – August 2016. American College of Emergency Physicians, 1985 - present. Fellow as of September 1992, re-elected 2000.

Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association, 1985 – 1989. Emergency Medicine Residents of Illinois, 1985 – 1989. Conference Committee Chairperson, 1987 – 1988. FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:

Clinical Instructor, Case Western Reserve University, October 10, 2002 – August 2009, August 2013 – 2017.

Assistant Director for Internal Medicine Resident Education, Emergency Department, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, November 1998 – February 2002. Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ohio State University College of Medicine, May 1, 1997 – February 2002. Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, November 1, 1990 – 1993.

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HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

Attending Emergency Physician, University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center, Beachwood, OH, April 2011 – July 2013.

Consultant Physician, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, May 2010 – December 2010. Attending Emergency Physician, Hillcrest Hospital, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, August 2008 – February, 2011.

Attending Emergency Physician, University Hospitals Case Medical

Center, Cleveland, Ohio, October 2002 – August 2008, April 2011 - present.

Attending Emergency Physician, Lake Hospital System, Willoughby, Ohio, April 2002 – September 2002. Associate Staff, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, May 2001 – February 2002. Attending Emergency Physician, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, June 1996 – 1999.

Attending Emergency Physician, Meridia Huron Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, November 1995 – 1998.

Assistant Staff, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, August 1994 – May 2001. Attending Emergency Physician, McPherson Hospital, Howell, Michigan, July 1993 – October 1993.

Attending Emergency Physician, Beyer Hospital, Ypsilanti, Michigan, July

1993 – October 1993.

Interim Medical Director, Emergency Department, Columbus Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, September 1992 – June 1993. Attending Emergency Physician, University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, October 1991 – September 1992.

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HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

Attending Emergency Physician, Columbus Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, October 1991 – September 1992. Assistant Medical Director, Emergency Department, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, July 1991 – October 1992.

Attending Emergency Physician, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, April 1989 – June 1993.

CERTIFICATIONS: Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist, Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists, since January 22, 2014.

2010 Lifelong Learning Self-Assessment Test, American Board of Emergency Medicine, November 14, 2010.

2008 Lifelong Learning Self-Assessment Test, American Board of Emergency Medicine, March 11, 2009.

American Academy of 2007 Lifelong Learning Self-Assessment Test, American Board of Emergency Medicine, June 25, 2008. Certified Professional Coder-Apprentice, Professional Coders, Cleveland, Ohio, CPC, June 16, 2008. 2006 Lifelong Learning Self-Assessment Test, American Board of Emergency Medicine, August 16, 2007.

2005 Lifelong Learning Self-Assessment Test, American Board of Emergency Medicine, April 22, 2006.

NIH Stroke Scale Program, American Heart Association, November 2004, July 2005, August 2009, April 2012.

2004 Lifelong Learning Self-Assessment Test, American Board of Emergency Medicine, January 6, 2005.

POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION:

Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, May 21-23, 2019.

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National Physician Advisor Conference, ACPA, Atlanta, GA, March 11-13, 2019. Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, May 21-24, 2018. National Physician Advisor Conference, ACPA, Greenville, SC, April 29 – May 2, 2018. California Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists Annual Conference, Torrance, California, September 15, 2017. 10th Annual Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 9 – 12, 2017. National Physician Advisor Conference 2017, S.E.P.A.S./American College of Physician Advisors, Greenville, South Carolina, April 26 – 28, 2017. The Physician Advisor’s Role in CDI, Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists, Nashville, Tennessee, May 2013.

Practical Management of Acute Stroke, Cleveland Clinic Cerebrovascular Center, Cleveland, Ohio, September 4, 2009. National Scientific Assembly, American College of Emergency Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, October 2008.

Topics in Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco,

San Francisco, California, October 29 – November 2, 2001.

Seminars in Clinical Teaching, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, September 2001.

National Scientific Assembly, American College of Emergency Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2000.

Care of the Acutely Ill Elderly, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation/ MetroHealth System, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, November 1999. Cram for the Exam, Ohio Chapter American College of Emergency Physicians, Columbus, Ohio, November 1999.

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A Potpourri of Emergency Medicine, The Summa Health Care System, Cambridge, Ohio, June 1998.

One-on-One Session: Interpersonal Communication, American College of Physician Executives, Tampa, Florida, July 1997.

Seminars in Clinical Teaching, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, March – May 1997.

Emergency Medicine Symposium III, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California, June 1994.

Detroit Trauma Symposium, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, November 1994.

National Scientific Assembly, American College of Emergency Physicians, Seattle, Washington, September 1992.

National Scientific Assembly, American College of Emergency Physicians, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1991.

Getting Control: Effective Procedure and Diagnosis Coding for Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, Orlando, Florida, January 1991. Essential Reimbursement Strategies, American College of Emergency Physicians, Orlando, Florida, January 1991. Plastics Techniques in Suturing: A Hands-on Workshop, St. Louis, Missouri, November 1990.

Management Strategies in Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, San Francisco, California, June 1989.

Advanced Trauma Life Support Provider Course, American College of Surgeons, Evanston, Illinois, November 1988.

Building Toward Leadership: The AMWA Model, American Medical Women’s Association, Chicago, Illinois, November 1987. Problem Solving for Quality Assurance, Reality Based Management, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, August 1988.

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Quality Assurance and Risk Management, American College of Emergency Physicians, Washington, DC, June 1988.

National Scientific Assembly, American College of Emergency Physicians, San Francisco, California, November 1987.

Illinois Scientific Assembly, Illinois College of Emergency Physicians, Itasca, Illinois, May 1987. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor Course, Chicago, Illinois, November 1986. Recertified: 1990, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012. Have taught numerous courses.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Course, Chicago, Illinois, November 1985. Recertified: 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010.

Basic Life Support Instructor Course, Chicago, Illinois, November 1985. Recertified: 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012. Have taught numerous courses.

PUBLICATIONS: Remer EE, Moving On, ACPA Newsletter, November 2019. [ICD10Monitor publishes my scripts from Talk Ten Tuesdays weekly. I have stopped listing them here. Go to www.icd10monitor.com] Remer EE, Is Critical Care Time Always Critical Care Time?, ICD10Monitor, July 30, 2019. Remer EE, Clinical Validation Denials for Cerebral Edema are Increasing, ICD10Monitor, July 17, 2019. Remer EE, Lessons Learned from Consulting: Institutional Improvement of ED Clinical Documentation, ICD10Monitor, May 20, 2019. Note from the Advisory Board: Physician engagement: Tips from a physician, ACDIS CDI Journal, Volume 13, Issue 3, May 1, 2019. Remer EE, Sweeping CC Designation Changes Noted in the CMS 2020 IPPS Proposed Rule, ICD10Monitor, April 29, 2019.

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PUBLICATIONS: Remer EE, Electronic Health Records and Patient Safety: Lessons Learned from Law-Medicine Conference: Part II, ICD10Monitor, April 22, 2019. Remer EE, Electronic Health Records and Patient Safety: Lessons Learned from Law-Medicine Conference: Part I, ICD10Monitor, April 15, 2019. Remer EE, Opioids and Substance Use Disorder: A Public Health Crisis, ICD10Monitor, April 1, 2019. Remer EE, SIRS, Sepsis, and Rule No. 1, ICD10Monitor, March 25, 2019. Remer EE, How Not to Do Clinical Documentation Integrity, ICD10Monitor, March 5, 2019. Remer EE, Challenges Faced in Getting Queries Answered, ICD10Monitor, February 25, 2019. Remer EE, Challenges and Solutions Involving Documentation, ACPA Community Blog, February 10, 2019. (need to be a member to access.) Remer EE, Cardiac Arrest in the ED: What to Document and Code, ICD10Monitor, February 5, 2019. Remer EE, Payers and Clinicians Should Use Clinically Accepted Criteria when Diagnosing Sepsis, ICD10Monitor, January 29, 2019. Remer EE, Are Symptoms Always “Integral To?” ICD10Monitor, December 10, 2018. Remer EE, Will Adverse Drug Effects Adversely Affect Your Institution? ICD10Monitor, December 4, 2018. Remer EE, Supporting Medical Necessity of Investigative Tests, ICD10Monitor, November 5, 2018. Remer EE, Gangrene in Diabetics: Assume the Code? ICD10Monitor, October 29, 2018. Remer EE, ICD-10 Coding: Diabetic Foot Ulcer or Pressure Ulcer? ICD10Monitor, October 22, 2018.

Remer EE, CDI: Documenting the Need to Generate Compliant and Meaningful Queries, ICD10Monitor, October 15, 2018.

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PUBLICATIONS: Remer EE, Understanding Presumptive Linkage for Code Titles “With” or “In,” ICD10Monitor, October 2, 2018. Remer EE, Is it Patients over Paperwork or Providers over Patients? ICD10Monitor, August 14, 2018.

Remer EE, Coding and Documenting BAL: Use a Medical DRG, Not a Surgical DRG. ICD10Monitor, August 5, 2018.

Remer EE, Is all Airway Protection Acute Respiratory Failure? ICD10Monitor, July 17, 2018. Remer EE, Type 2 Myocardial Infarction: Not a Fake Diagnosis, ICD10Monitor, July 10, 2018. Remer EE, Coding-Clinical Disconnect Reducing Apparent Child Abuse Incidence? Not on my Watch, ICD10Monitor, June 5, 2018. Remer EE, Clarifying recent Salter-Harris fracture coding advice, Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies, JustCoding Inpatient, May 5, 2018. Remer EE, Advocating for Better Physician Documentation: Do No Harm, ICD10Monitor, April 24, 2018. Remer EE, Coding-clinical Disconnect: Type 2 Myocardial Infarction, Part II, ICD10Monitor, April 17, 2018. Remer EE, Coding-clinical Disconnect, Part 1: Type 2 Myocardial Infarction, ICD10Monitor, April 10, 2018. Remer EE, Don’t let Type 2 MI give you a heart attack!, ICD10Monitor, March 28, 2018. Remer EE, Adverse Effects or Poisoning? The Twin Horns of a Dilemma, ICD10Monitor, March 12, 2018. Remer EE, Five Prohibitions of Copy and Paste, ICD10Monitor, February 27, 2018. Remer EE, Your OB Coding Questions Answered, ICD10Monitor, February 6, 2018.

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PUBLICATIONS: Remer EE, Clarity on “Chronic” Conditions, ICD10Monitor, January 29, 2018. Remer EE, Exclusive: Guidelines on Internal Clinical Guidelines, ICD10Monitor, January 22, 2018. Remer EE, HIM Challenges: CAC’s a Tool, Not a Panacea, For The Record, Vol. 29, No. 12, p 8, December 2017.

Remer EE, Diagnosing and Documenting Malnutrition, ICD10Monitor, December 12, 2017. Remer EE, CDI Queries: Why Must They be Compliant?, ICD10Monitor, November 14, 2017. Remer EE, E&M Coding for CDI: Lessons Learned, ICD10Monitor, October, 24, 2017. Remer EE, Emergency Care: CDI in the ED Part II, ICD10Monitor, October, 17, 2017. Remer EE, Emergency Care: CDI in the ED Part I, ICD10Monitor, October, 10, 2017. Remer EE, Taking a closer look at MI code updates effective October 1, JustCoding, HCPro, September 20, 2017. Remer EE, Goodbye “Outpatient CDI,” Hello “HCC CDI,” ICD10Monitor, August 22, 2017. Remer EE, Putting the Why and Where into Clinical Documentation, American College of Physicians Advisors, Newsletter, July 2017.

Remer EE, Outpatient CDI: Part II: Shift to Population Health Management, ICD10Monitor, June 12, 2017. Remer EE, The EHR Crisis: Pervasive and Dangerous Copying and Pasting, ICD10Monitor, June 5, 2017. Remer EE, Outpatient CDI: Is “Outpatient” Out? Part I, ICD10Monitor, June 5, 2017.

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PUBLICATIONS: Remer EE, Let Me Tell You What Is In It For You, ACPA Newsletter, June 1, 2017. Remer EE, Code What the Doctor Did – Not What the Doctor Said, ICD10Monitor, May 2, 2017.

Remer EE, Excellent Documentation is Necessary to Meet Medical Necessity, ICD10Monitor, April 24, 2017. Remer EE, Settling on a Secondary Diagnosis: Part II, ICD10Monitor, April 17, 2017. Remer EE, Settling on a Secondary Diagnosis: Part I, ICD10Monitor, April 9, 2017.

Remer EE, Debating perineal laceration repair guidance, JustCoding, HCPro, April 5, 2017.

Remer EE, COPD and Pneumonia: Code First or Code Also? ICD10Monitor, March 26, 2017. Remer EE, Guest Post: Clinical validation denial targets, (excerpted from JustCoding, HCPro Publication), ACDIS Blog, February 22, 2017. Remer EE, OB Coding: Delivering Accurate Coding Remains a Challenge: Part II, ICD10Monitor, February 14, 2017. Remer EE, Industry Perspectives: Documenting Death, For The Record, February 2017, Vol 29, No. 2, p. 5. Remer EE, OB Coding: Delivering Accurate Coding Remains a Challenge (Part II), ICD10Monitor, January 31, 2017. Remer EE, OB Coding: Delivering Accurate Coding Remains a Challenge (Part I), ICD10Monitor, January 31, 2017. Remer EE, CDI Improvement or Integrity?, ICD10Monitor, December 20, 2016.

Remer EE, Sepsis Then and Now: How the Oldest Disease Continues to Plague Providers: Part II, ICD10Monitor, December 12, 2016.

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PUBLICATIONS: Remer EE, Sepsis Then and Now: How the Oldest Disease Continues to Plague Providers: Part I, ICD10Monitor, December 6, 2016.

Remer EE, Fighting Clinical Validation Denials: Here’s How, ICD10Monitor, November 21, 2016. Remer EE, Clinical Validation Denials and Provider Formative Feedback, ICD10Monitor, November 1, 2016. Remer EE, Man vs. Machine: CAC Can’t Replace Competent Coders, ICD10Monitor, October 25, 2016. Remer EE, Exasperation: Clinical Validation Denials, ICD10Monitor, October 17, 2016.

Remer EE, Aggressive Tactics by Third Party Auditors Should Make Providers Vigilant, ICD10Monitor, September 26, 2016.

Remer EE, Outpatient Efforts: Putting the specific into unspecified, ACDIS CDI Journal, Vol 10, Issue 5, pp. 20-22. Peacock, WF, Remer EE, Aponte J, et. al., Effective observation unit treatment of decompensated heart failure, Congestive Heart Failure, Mar-Apr; 8(2): 68-73, 2002.

Remer EE and Aponte J: Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: A case report, Topics in Emerg Med, 21(1), March 1999, pp. 70-76. ABSTRACTS:

Remer E: Thrombolytic therapy in myocardial infarction. In Hoekstra J (ed): Handbook of Cardiovascular Emergencies. Little, Brown, and Co., Boston, 1996.

Howes DS and Remer E: Male urologic infections. In Harwood-Nuss AL, Linden CH, Luten RC et al. (eds): The Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, JB Lippincott Co., Second Edition, 1995. Heit E and Howes DS: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In Harwood-Nuss AL, Linden CH, Luten RC et al. (eds): The Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, JB Lippincott Co., 1991.

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ABSTRACTS: Peacock WF, Albert NM, Kies P, Remer EE, et al.: Emergency department observation unit heart failure treatment protocol decreases adverse outcome rates. Circulation, 1999. Peacock WF, Aponte JH, Craig MT, Remer EE, et al.: Inpatient versus

emergency department observation unit management of heart failure. Am Emerg Med, 32(3) S46, 1998. PODCASTS:

[I began contributing weekly to Talk Ten Tuesdays, and my CV was getting

unwieldy, so I no longer list my TTT podcasts. Please see:

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the newest or https://www.icd10monitor.com/talk-ten-tuesdays-

podcasts-archive for archived podcasts]

CDI and Quality for the Physician Advisor, American College of Physician

Advisors Learning Modular System, June 2019.

How to round with providers, ACDIS podcast, March 27, 2019.

RAC targets for DRG Downgrades, ACDIS Radio, October 19, 2016.

ICD-10: Two weeks post-implementation, special guest, ACDIS Radio, October 14, 2015.

PRESENTATIONS: Putting Mentation into Documentation; Sepsis; HCCs for Inpatient and Outpatient Coding; A Clinical Validation Query Now or a Denial Letter Later, Fall Institute, Oregon HIMA and ACDIS NW, Albany, OR, October 25, 2019. CDI Physician Advisor Training, Kettering Health Network, Beavercreek, OH, September 25, 2019. Outpatient CDI and Querying, AAPC, Cleveland Chapter quarterly meeting, Brecksville, OH, September 19, 2019. Documentation: Charting the Course, closing keynote, ACDIS 12th Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, May 21, 2019.

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PRESENTATIONS: CDI on the Fly: How to Round with Providers, ACDIS 12th Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, May 22, 2019. Finding CDI’s True North: ACDIS Advisory Board Panel Discussion, ACDIS 12th Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, May 23, 2019. Encephalopathy: Overcome the Confusion, Reduce Your Risks, MedLearn Media webcast, May 9, 2019. Lessons Learned from Teaching a Provider Documentation Remediation Course, Health Care Compliance Association 2019 Compliance Institute, April 8, 2019. Documentation in the ED: Medical Necessity, CDI, and Quality, MedLearn Media webcast, March 21, 2019. Expert Faculty Panel Case Discussion, National Physician Advisor Conference, American College of Physician Advisors, Atlanta, GA, March 13, 2019. Documentation: Spanning Medical Necessity and Beyond, National Physician Advisor Conference, American College of Physician Advisors, Atlanta, GA, March 11, 2019. The Doctor Is In: A Clinician Shares Her Top ICD-10-CM Cures for Common Coding Disorders, Keynote Session, 2018 Advanced Specialty Coding, Compliance & Reimbursement Symposium, Orlando, FL, October 16, 2018. Lessons Learned: A Doctor Shares Clinical Insights, American Health Information Management Association Annual Conference, Miami, FL, September 25, 2018. Sepsis: Is It or Isn’t It? Fall Coding Seminar, Ohio Health Information Management Association, Columbus, OH, September 14, 2018.

Myocardial Infarction and CDI, Webinar, ICDUniversity, MedLearn, June 20, 2018. Clinical Validity: Assessing Clinical Indicators, Composing Nonthreatening Queries, and Avoiding Denials, ACDIS Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, May 23, 2018.

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PRESENTATIONS: Physician Advisor Programs for Utilization Review, Denial Management, and Clinical Documentation Improvement, Ronald Hirsch and Erica Remer, Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Conference 2018, Orlando, Florida, April 11, 2018. CDI: The Coder as the Last, Best Hope for the Right DRG, Ohio Health Information Management Association, Columbus, Ohio, March 21, 2018. Resolving Your Confusion about Encephalopathy! Webinar, ICDUniversity, MedLearn, January 18, 2018. Clinical Validation CDI: The Secret to Fighting Denials, Webinar, ICDUniversity, MedLearn, December 6, 2017. Sepsis: Updated Clinical Criteria, Coding, Querying, and Fighting Denials, Webinar, ICDUniversity, MedLearn Media, October 26, 2017. Clinical Validation: Knowing When and How to Query, and Arming Against Denial, California Association of Clinical Documentation Specialists, 3rd Annual Conference, Torrance, California, September 15, 2017. Simplifying the Complexity of OB Coding, Webinar, ICDUniversity, MedLearn Media, July 27, 2017. Targeted DRG Reviews to Optimize Documentation, Coding, Metrics, and Reimbursement, 10th Annual Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 12, 2017. Holistic Documentation Improvement: The Physician Advisor as Change Agent, The Physician Advisor’s Role in CDI Boot Camp: Day 2, HCPro/ACDIS, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 9, 2017. Documenting for Your Dinner (Pro-fee), University Hospitals Regional Hospitals, Resident Conference, Richmond Heights, OH, April 20, 2017. Fighting Denials, Ohio Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists, Warrensville Heights, OH, March 23, 2017. OB, Oh Boy! Principles of Obstetrics ICD-10 Coding, Ohio Health Information Management Association, Columbus, OH, March 22, 2017.

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PRESENTATIONS: Unlocking the Mystery of OB Coding and Documentation, ICDUniversity, Panacea webinar, March 16, 2017.

ICD-10 Update for the OB/Gyn, Cleveland Society of OBGYN, Independence, OH, March 15, 2017. Troponinemia and Type 2 Myocardial Infarction, Southwest General Health Center, Documentation Committee Meeting education, Middleburg Heights, OH, December 20, 2016.

HCCs and Outpatient Risk-Adjustment: Learn from Case Studies, ICDUniversity, Panacea webinar, December 8, 2016. Doctor’s Role in Denials Management, SWAT: Back to Basics Bootcamp, Healthcare Association of New York State, Tarrytown, NY, November 29, 2016.

Quality Measures and Clinical Documentation Improvement; ICD-10; General Documentation, multiple presentations at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and system hospitals, over 110 presentations from September 2012 to August 2016.

How to Get Your Providers To Understand What You Are Asking, Northeast Ohio Health Information Management Association, Warrensville Heights, OH, November 17, 2015. Looking Forward to ICD-10, Northeast Ohio Health Information Management Association, Warrensville Heights, OH, February 25, 2015.

Documentation and the Business of Medicine presentation series for Internal Medicine residents, Cleveland, OH, June 2014 through June 2016. EMR: Everybody’s Malpractice Reality, Risk Management Education Seminar, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Warrensville Heights, OH, May 17, 2014. Encouraging Your Doctors to Come On Board the ICD-10 Train, Northeast Ohio Documentation Specialists Chapter Meeting, Ravenna, OH, April 11, 2014.

The Perils of Copy and Paste, and Good Documentation Practices, Richmond Hospital Resident Grand Rounds, Richmond Heights, OH, February 20, 2014.

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PRESENTATIONS: Encouraging Your Doctors to Come On Board the ICD-10 Train, Northeast Ohio Health Information Management Association, Warrensville Heights, OH, September 10, 2013.

Documentation Matters in the ED, Emergency Medicine Intern Orientation, Cleveland, OH, June 17, 2013, June 21, 2013.

Clinical Documentation Improvement – Small Changes Mean Big Gains,

Richmond Hospital Grand Rounds, Richmond Heights, OH, April 19, 2013, Bedford Hospital Grand Rounds, Bedford, OH, April 17, 2013, Geauga Hospital Grand Rounds, Chardon, OH, April 9, 2013.

Clinical Documentation Improvement for the ED, Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, UH Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, March 14, 2013.

Clinical Documentation Improvement for the ED, Webinar, Beachwood, OH, February 28, 2013, February 5, 2013.

Why Do Good Documentation? Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine emergency medicine student orientation, Cleveland, Ohio, November 2007.

How to get your ED doctors to Document as though their Salary Depended on it. Northeast Ohio Health Information Management Association, Independence, Ohio, May 2003. Pericardial Disease, Dimensions in Cardiac Care, Cleveland, Ohio, February 2002.

Oral Board Simulations, MetroHealth Emergency Medicine Residents’

Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, September 1997, February 1998, November 1999, April 2000, October 2000, April 2001.

Biliary Tract Disease, MetroHealth Emergency Medicine Residents’ Conference, Grand Rounds, Cleveland, Ohio, February 2001. Altered Mental Status, MetroHealth Emergency Medicine Residents’ orientation lecture series, Cleveland Ohio, July 2000. Infestations, MetroHealth Emergency Medicine Residents’ Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, October 1999.

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PRESENTATIONS: Complications of Dialysis, MetroHealth Emergency Medicine Residents’ Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, May 1999. Fluid and Electrolytes Disturbances, MetroHealth Emergency Medicine Residents’ Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, August 1998. The Expert Witness, MetroHealth Emergency Medicine Residents’ Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, October 1997. Predictors of Unsuccessful Treatment for Congestive Heart Failure in the Emergency Department Observation Unit, Peacock WF (presenter), Aponte JH, Craig MT, Remer EE, Zacharias D, Emerman CL, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Washington DC, May,

1997; 7th Annual Midwest Regional Emergency Medicine Research Symposium, Akron, Ohio, April 1997.

Documentation and Reimbursement, MetroHealth Emergency Medicine Residents’ Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, July 1996.

Foreign Bodies/Bites, Internal Medicine Noon Conference, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, March 1995. Syncope, Internal Medicine Noon Conference, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, February 1995.

Emergency Medicine Customer Service Seminar, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, December 1994, February 1995.

Quality Improvement, University of Illinois Affiliated Hospitals Emergency

Medicine Residency Administrative Module, Chicago, Illinois, January 1993.

Biliary Disease, University of Illinois Affiliated Hospitals Emergency Medicine Residency Grand Rounds, Chicago, Illinois, January 1992.

Advance Directives, American Hospital Association, Chicago, Illinois, multiple presentations from December 1991 – May 1992. Hemostasis, CREM II: Medicine and Pediatrics, Chicago, Illinois, April, 1990; revised and presented at University of Illinois Affiliated Hospitals Emergency Medicine Residency Grand Rounds, February 1991.

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PRESENTATIONS: Dyspnea, University of Illinois Affiliated Hospitals Emergency Medicine Residency Grand Rounds, Chicago, Illinois, December 1990. Antimicrobial Therapy in the Emergency Department, University of Illinois Affiliated Hospitals Emergency Medicine Residency Grand Rounds, Chicago, Illinois, December 1989. Documentation, University of Illinois Affiliated Hospitals Emergency Medicine Residency Grand Rounds, Chicago, Illinois, January 1988, August 1991. Great Lakes Science Center Health Careers Day Panel presentation, Great Lakes Science Center, November 16, 2017.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Co-Course Director and Presenter, Intensive Course in Medical Documentation: Clinical, Legal and Economic Implications for Healthcare Providers, (formerly known as: Intensive Course in Medical Record Keeping), School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University with University Hospitals, Beachwood, Ohio, June 2013, November 2013, June 2014, November 2014, May 2015, November 2015, June 2016, November 2016, February 2017, June 2017, November 2017, February 2018, June 2018, November 2018, March 2019, June 2019, November 2019. Creation of Modular Learning System to teach clinical documentation to medical providers with associated CME, available on icd10md.com December 2019. Co-host, Talk Ten Tuesdays, produced by ICD10Monitor, a weekly podcast, February 14, 2017 – present. Editorial Board Member, ICD10Monitor, October 2016 to present.

Creation of Modular System of narrated, animated presentations to teach

specialty-specific ICD-10 to train 2700 providers in our hospital system, roll-out July 1, 2015. President, Erica Remer, MD, Inc., Consultation services in Documentation, Clinical Documentation Integrity and ICD-10, July 2015 – present. Clinical Documentation Integrity Advisor, University Hospitals, Cleveland,

Ohio, September 2012 – June 2016.

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Consultant, Assistant United States Attorney General’s Office, Cleveland, Ohio, June 2012 – December 2012.

Consultant, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cleveland, Ohio, April 2010 –June 2012.

Judge, Beachwood Middle School Science Fair, Beachwood, Ohio, February 2008, February 2009, March 2010.

Member, Emergency Medicine Committee on Appointments, Promotions, and Tenure, Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio, October 2007-March 2008. Camp doctor, Camp Tamarack, Ortonville, Michigan, August 2004,

June 2005, June 2006, June 2007, June 2010, June 2012, June 2013, June 2014.

Expert Witness, Chaiken & Chaiken Attorneys, Dallas, TX, 2005 –2007. President, ChartWrite, LLC., documentation and reimbursement maximization services, September 2002 –August 2009.

A Stroke of Evil, Erica E Remer, MD, 1stBooks Library, Indiana 2000.

Monthly guest on Channel 3 news, Sunday mornings at 10 am, April 1999 – February 2000. Lyme Disease vaccination, guest on The Morning Exchange, Channel 5, Cleveland, Ohio, April 1999. Preventing the spread of illness, guest on The Morning Exchange, Channel 5, Cleveland, Ohio, December 1998. Member, Medical Records Committee, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, January 1998 – 2002.

Home Remedies, guest on The Morning Exchange, Channel 5, Cleveland,

Ohio, August 1998. Lyme Disease, guest on the 9:00 am news, Channel 5, Cleveland, Ohio, April 1998.

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Caring for the Newborn and Toddler, guest lecture to Healthy Moms, Healthy Choices community program, Cleveland, Ohio, May 1997. Vitamin E, Calcium, and Alcohol, guest on the 5:00 pm news, Channel 3, Cleveland, Ohio, January 1997. Influenza, guest on the 9:00 am news, Channel 5, Cleveland, Ohio, January 1997.

House doctor for the Cleveland-San Jose Ballet, productions of The Nutcracker and Blue Suede Shoes, 1995.

Pulmonary Embolism, guest on News at Noon, Channel 8, Cleveland, Ohio, November 1994.

Influenza, guest on News at Noon, Channel 8, Cleveland, Ohio, October 1994.

Emergency Department Coding Liaison, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, August 1994 – February 2002.

Member, Medical Records Committee, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, May 1991 – August 1992. Member, Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Committee, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, May 1991 – August 1992.

Medical Negligence Consultant, Saponaro, Inc., January 1991 – 1993.

Medical Negligence Consultant, Pennsylvania Physicians for Legal Review, May 1991 – 1993.

Contributing Editor, Excel: Quality Assurance Newsletter, Illinois Chapter

of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, July 1989 – February 1993.

Quality Assurance Coordinator, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, 1988 – October 1992.

Erica E. Remer, MD

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Resident Interviewer, University of Illinois Affiliated Hospitals Emergency Medicine Residency Program Selection Committee, November 1987 – February 1988.

REFERENCES: Available upon request.

erica e remer, md, facep, ccds · emergency medicine residents of illinois, 1985 – 1989....

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