The Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist's Handbook, Second Edition
Ms Taillon is the manager of coding compliance at St. Francis Hospital in Beech Grove, IN. She previously held various coding and supervisory roles in health information management and served as an original member of the ACDIS Advisory Board. She also served on the Indiana Health Information Management Association. Ms Kruse is a director in the FTI Healthcare group of FTI's Corporate Finance practice based in Atlanta. Kruse, an expert in Medicare regulations, provides education, project management and process improvement, targeting various severity adjusted DRG systems. She has implemented clinical documentation improvement programs for both small and large hospital systems.