Saad Hussain

I am a foreign-trained physician, who has worked in the CDI industry for 8 years. I bring expertise in clinical documentation, CDI-related education, in-patient coding, and data analytics. I have, in my past roles, covered aspects of HIM and UM as well and currently serve in leadership to create or improve on workflows, automate data, provide insights to leadership, and continue delivering CDI education to clinicians

CDI Physician Educator - 2024 till present (INOVA Healthcare)

Manager, Mid-cycle Revenue Data Analytics - 2023 to 2024 (Steward Healthcare)

CDI Auditor - 2022 to 2023 (Steward Healthcare)

CDI Specialist II - 2020 to 2022 (Steward Healthcare)

CDI Specialist - 2018 to 2020 (Conifer Health Solutions)

• Karachi University; Karachi, Pakistan – Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) (Equivalent to Doctor of Medicine)
• Weber State University; Ogden, UT – Post-Baccalaureate HIM Certification
• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) – Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA)
• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) – Certified Health Data Analyst (CHDA)
• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) – Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)
• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) – CDI Practitioner (CDIP)
• Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) – Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS)