Nearly 60% of patients say that online reviews matter to them when choosing a physician, according to a study conducted by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in 2014. However, the scope and usefulness of those online reviews are limited, according to a study conducted by JAMA...Read More »
by Joel Moorhead, MD, PhD, CPC
This article is about bringing the patient to the center of clinical validation. A patient with an “atypical” presentation, by definition, may have the disease but might not meet “typical” criteria for diagnosis.Read More »
After more than four years working remotely for UASI, Jennifer Love, RN, BA, CCDS, CDIP, has learned a thing or two about the difficulties and opportunities of working remotely. When asked about her 2017 New Year’s resolutions, she responded with a plethora of tips for those...Read More »
Okemena Ewoterai used to take a folder off a shelf and peer through the papers inside looking for hints—scraps of stories that could lead her to a better understanding of why a particular patient needed to be in her hospital. When she found them, Ewoterai would pull out a piece...Read More »
Though I can now follow along with (at least some of) the acronyms related to CDI, I’m still pretty new to the field. Ever since I was eight years old—or so my parents tell me—I wanted to be a writer. So, when I saw the job posting and description for the...Read More »
ACDIS is honored to announce that Sorrel King will now be joining us on the podium as our featured general session motivational speaker on day one of the 10th annual ACDIS Conference. In 2001, Sorrel’s daughter Josie died as a result of medical errors. Consumed by grief, King was determined to...Read More »
I have been pondering the clinical validation conundrum with the publication of the AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS, Fourth Quarter 2016, as well as a practice brief published in the August 2016 edition of the Journal of AHIMA...Read More »
The world didn’t end on October 1, 2015. After years of postponement, the proverbial “deal with the devil” made between CMS and the AMA to push ahead with ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation was a year’s grace period during which...Read More »