No new hospital initiative operates in a vacuum. And there is no way to anticipate every consequence of your CDI program. Even with the best intentions, there will be downstream consequences to navigate.Read More »
Shannon Huth, MSN, RN, CCDS, was working as an emergency department nurse in Southern California when she discovered her talent for chart reviews. She was asked to enter trauma data for county reporting, and realized how much she enjoyed analyzing the charts and learning the...Read More »
by Karen Newhouser, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CCM
The typical pay for performance (P4P) program provides a bonus to healthcare providers if they meet or exceed agreed-upon quality or performance measures. Quality. If I had a dollar every time that “buzzword” was used in the healthcare...Read More »
by Trey La Charité, MD
Even though primary care physicians (PCP) need CDI expertise, many remain unaware of how the medical landscape around them has changed, and many more simply do not believe that their practice has to change. If the PCPs in your network are reticent, the...Read More »
In many ways, CDI efforts in the critical access hospital (CAH) setting mirror the typical duties of those working in the short-term acute care world. Just ask specialists to identify their top documentation trouble spots.Read More »
If your CDI program needs physician engagement ideas, perhaps tuning into the efforts at your nearby pediatric hospital can help—or, you can just call on Valerie Bica, RN, CPN, CDI specialist at Nemours/A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, and her teammates. Although many...Read More »
Advocacy for the new code set continues Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCDS, recounts the ICD-10-CM/PCS timeline and reiterates reasons for sticking to the 2015 implementation dateRead More »
