James P. Fee MD, CCS, CCDS

James P. Fee, MD, CCS, CCDS, is Vice President of Huff DRG Review. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and maintains a clinical practice in hospital medicine. He is a graduate of Tulane Health Sciences Center and is an active member in Alpha Omega Alpha, Society of Hospital Medicine, and American College of Physician Executives. Dr. Fee is an AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer.

Dr. Fee has been in a consultative role regarding DRG management and ICD-9-CM validation for the past several years, including the provision of conferences with respect to risk adjusted indices and the importance of clinical documentation with respect to medical necessity, DRG management, and physician profiling.

Dr. Fee’s interests include clinical documentation improvement and its impact upon performance measures, medical necessity, and hospital and physician profiling and reimbursement. He has also played an instrumental role in the development of our first app, CDocT™, a clinical documentation tool for physicians.