In just 60 days, the celebration of our annual CDI Week will commence! If you’ve kept up with our updates, you know our 2022 theme is “Under the Sea-DI,” highlighting the often underappreciated and unseen efforts...Read More »
Susan Fantin, MSA, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, is the VP of integrated care management overseeing CDI, utilization management, denials management and case management/social work at McLaren Health Care in Grand Blanc, Michigan, and a current member of the ACDIS Advisory Board. She is...Read More »
Every year, the most well-attended and popular track at the national ACDIS conference is titled simply “Clinical & Coding.” It’s a broad umbrella, but it speaks to the two most central areas of expertise CDI professionals possess. Whether you come to CDI...Read More »
Since 2010, 138 rural hospitals have closed, with 19 shutting down in 2020 alone. To help mitigate this trend and promote healthcare equity in rural communities,...Read More »
In a recent survey conducted by CHG Healthcare, 534 physicians were asked about their career changes over the last two years (April 2020 to April 2022). Findings showed 43% of physicians changed jobs, 8% retired, and 3% left medicine entirely during the pandemic,...Read More »
Clinician compensation and productivity were greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, HealthLeaders reported. Since then, the American Medical Group Association (AMGA)...Read More »
Q: I am exploring the idea of staffing our outpatient CDI program using both candidates with an RN and an HIM/coding background. We currently have all RNs on our CDI team who have also gotten (at the least) their certified professional coder (CPC) credential. If we decide to include coders to...Read More »