How Coding and Documentation Shape Quality Performance

Download an executive guide that explains how coding and documentation shape performance across Vizient, PEPPER, Premier, and CMS Hospital Compare. This resource highlights where benchmark results are most sensitive to coded data, why documentation gaps can distort mortality, PSI, and utilization measures, and what leadership teams can do to validate data integrity with confidence.

Key Features:

• • Benchmark Overview: A clear breakdown of how Vizient, PEPPER, Premier, and Hospital Compare use claims-based data for quality and utilization benchmarking.
  • Shared Data Touchpoints: A simplified view of the overlapping inputs that influence multiple benchmarks, including diagnosis selection, severity capture, and POA accuracy.
  • Common Distortion Drivers: Practical insight into coding and documentation gaps that can misrepresent performance, especially for mortality, PSIs, and resource utilization.
  • Executive Self-Assessment: A yes-or-no checklist to help leaders identify potential exposure areas and determine where targeted validation may be warranted.
  • Benchmark Impact Summary: A quick-reference table showing where coding touches each program and the most common risk areas to monitor.
  • 90-Day Action Roadmap: A practical plan for prioritizing, reviewing, and monitoring benchmark-sensitive coding and documentation without disrupting operations.
  • Cross-Team Alignment Guidance: Recommendations for strengthening collaboration between coding, CDI, and quality teams to reduce variability and support defensible reporting.
  • Next-Step Support: Clear guidance on when a targeted review can provide clarity and confidence in externally reported results.