CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 41

Guest post: Physician advisor role in assisting with clinical validation

March 19, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

By Cathy Farraher, RN, MBA, CCM, CCDS

Having a physician advisor on board to help either construct or review your query can help him or her to not only make the process a bit less painful for the provider or possibly negate the need for a query based on his clinical expertise, it...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 41

It's Clinical Documentation Improvement Week! Let's celebrate!

September 16, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, News

The Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) is proud to sponsor the eighth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week. This week is a time to recognize CDI specialists for the critical role

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CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 41

2018 CDI Industry Overview Survey Report available now!

September 16, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, News

CDI is a diverse field, involving multiple disciplines both directly in a CDI professional role and indirectly through interdepartmental collaboration. That’s what the 2018 CDI Week theme is all about—“CDI Mosaic: Creating a Collaborative Portrait.” This year’s Industry Overview Survey bore out...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 40

Conference conversations: Fox offers practical tips for CDI expansion efforts

March 18, 2019
Ask ACDIS, Education

Nicole Fox, MD, MPH, CPE, will present “Playing Above the Live: Is Your Program Everything It Can Be?” on Day 3 of the ACDIS conference. Fox is the associate chief medical center, associate professor of surgery, medical director of pediatric trauma, and medical director of CDI at Cooper...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 40

Note from the Associated Editorial Director: Five ways to celebrate CDI Week!

September 13, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

By Melissa Varnavas

What? September already? Where did the summer go?

But here we are with CDI Week starting this coming Sunday.

Yes, Sunday. This Sunday. That’s when we’ll release the results of the 2018 CDI...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 40

News: RAND urges more patient input in hospital rankings, creates tool for more specific searches

September 13, 2018
News, Quality & Regulatory

According to a recent report from the RAND Corporation, public rankings of hospital quality would be more accurate and useful if they incorporated the different ways patients judge a hospital’s performance.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 40

News: AHA launches Center for Health Innovation

September 13, 2018
News

The AHA recently launched the AHA Center for Health Innovation to help hospitals and healthcare systems build the capabilities they need at-scale to success in value-based care.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 40

News: MA plans don’t have to return overpayments based on members’ health status, judge rules

September 13, 2018
News, Quality & Regulatory

In a ruling, a U.S. district judge sided with UnitedHealth, which argued that the rule requiring MA plans to return overpayments based on an analysist of its members...Read More »

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