Part 3: Building a Neurodiverse Coding Workforce: Results and Impact

After two powerful segments introducing her neurodiversity coding initiative, Tami McMasters Gomez, Executive Director for the Mid-Revenue Cycle, Enterprise-Wide Coding and CDI Operations for the University of California Davis Medical Center, returns to report on how this program is unlocking untapped strengths, improving accuracy, and building a more resilient health information (HIM) workforce. Plus, you and your team will learn first-hand the impact that neurodiverse professionals are already making in the coding workforce. Most importantly, you’ll come to understand why programs like this one may represent an important pathway to both expanding opportunity and strengthening the future healthcare workforce. Broadcast segments will also include these instantly recognizable panelists, who will report more news during their segments: • POV: Penny Jefferson, Director of Coding & Clinical Documentation Integrity Services for the University of Davis Medical Center, will share her point of view during the broadcast. • CDI Report: Cheryl Ericson will provide an update on clinical documentation integrity (CDI). • SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, CEO for Phoenix Medical Management, reports on the news that’s occurring at the intersection of medical records and federal regulations. • The Coding Report: Christine Geiger will report on the latest coding news. • News Desk: Timothy Powell, ICD10monitor national news correspondent, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.

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Part 3: Building a Neurodiverse Coding Workforce: Results and Impact is an episode from Talk Ten Tuesdays by ICD10monitor.

This episode is 27:26 long.

This episode was published on Mar 17, 2026.

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