Alexis Wells, MSN, RN, LSSYB, CCDS, has been a registered nurse since 2008 working in various areas including CVICU, neuro ICU, med/surg ICU, telemetry, bone marrow transplant unit, and home hospice, which provided a well-rounded foundation when she became a clinical documentation specialist (CDS) in 2015. Within six months, Alexis was promoted as the clinical coordinator at her facility, providing education to providers and cultivating relationships with essential ancillary departments such as dietary, wound care, and IT. In 2018, Alexis was hired at John Peter Smith (JPS) Hospital as the CDI Quality Assurance Auditor, where she continued the same goal to break down barriers and improve workflow and engagement of everyone involved with clinical documentation. In December 2021, Alexis transitioned to a new role at John Peter Smith as the Quality Educator for the entire organization.

Alexis has taken care of multiple patients with sepsis and understands early identification and intervention is KEY to survival, which is why she took to action again when the question was posed: how do you bridge patient care and reimbursement when it comes to the septic population?