In 2004, TV talk-show host Oprah Winfrey gave brand-new Pontiacs to every person in her nearly 300-member studio audience. It was a marketing ploy— she’d filled the audience with folks who needed cars. Desperately. The remembered refrain from that episode: “...Read More »
CDI professionals recognize the effect comprehensive CDI programs have on both payment and profiling outcomes in all healthcare settings. As a result, many organizations are forging ahead to apply CDI beyond the walls of the traditional acute care...Read More »
Ochsner began its ambulatory clinical documentation excellence journey in 2004, when Medicare implemented its HCCs. Since HCCs affect patients’ Risk Adjustment Factor scores, and ultimately reimbursement for the care required to treat sicker patients, Ochsner needed to determine the best way to...Read More »
Many programs remain focused on inpatient populations, but branching into the ED provides a good starting point for those venturing into the outpatient arena. Not only does it offer outpatient opportunities, but the documentation from ED encounters directly affects the documentation if (or when...Read More »
Andrea Johnson, RN, BSN, CCDS, the CDI specialist at Carolinas Rehabilitation in Concord, North Carolina, worked in the acute inpatient setting for six years before making a significant change.Read More »
“Working in a critical access hospital (CAH) lets you get your feet wet in a lot of different areas,” said Ellen Shriver, RN, CCDS, then a CDI specialist, RAC coordinator, inpatient coder, and auditor for Boone County Health Center in Albion, Nebraska, on...Read More »
As Robert S. Gold, MD, co-founder of DCBA, Inc. and founding ACDIS Advisory Board member, was fond of saying, “Pediatric medicine is not adult medicine for little adults.”Read More »
