What does it mean to have an "advanced" CDI program? For that matter, what does it mean to be an "experienced" CDI professional? "It's more than just a program's age and more than just the number of years an individual has been involved in CDI efforts," says Dee Banet, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDI...Read More »
?ACDIS Radio? is a new biweekly program that runs every other Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. ET to roughly noon. It is dedicated to bringing you the latest ideas, hot topics of discussion, and industry news of relevance to my favorite position in healthcare?that being CDI, of course.Read More »
The volume of outpatient care continues to rise. In the United States in 2010, there were 100.7 million outpatient department visits, 128.7 million ED visits, and 51.4 million procedures, according to Centers for Disease Control and...Read More »
Amanda Graybill, RN, BSN,CCDS, CDI specialist at Lewis Gale Medical Center of Salem, Virginia, is the 2,000th person to earn the Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) credential. A CDI specialist for three years, she comes to the profession via case management, med/surg oncology,...Read More »
Even the best of medical care has complications and consequences. Unfortunately, society has not always encouraged the medical community to be forthcoming when these things occur. While significant improvements have occurred with the institution of the “...Read More »
Despite all the uncertainty surrounding the beginning of ICD-10-CM/PCS, the Cooperating Parties (i.e., the American Hospital Association, AHIMA, CMS, and the National Center for Healthcare Statistics) nevertheless decided that the farewell issue of...Read More »
