by Carolyn Riel
When you’re looking to enter the world of CDI, filling out your first application can be a daunting task. You may not know what experience to include on your resume, what completed training is relevant, or what interpersonal skills a hiring manager might be looking...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald
Even if your CDI program operates like a well-oiled machine, there may be times when you need to seek outside help. For example, that help can take the form of software brought in to implement a CDI tool or artificial intelligence solution. It could take the...Read More »
by Denice Piwowar, BSN, RN, CCDS
The concept of servant leadership was first introduced by Robert K. Greenleaf in his 1970 essay “The Servant as Leader.” Greenleaf was...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald
Winter is a time for hunkering down, a time to reflect as the year winds down and prepare as the new one approaches. November and December tend to be filled with a quiet sort of busyness, the kind of busyness that looks like lingering around a holiday dinner...Read More »
by Carolyn Riel
The inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) was first implemented in 1983 to help combat unnecessary or excessive services being charged when Medicare was reimbursing on a fee-for-service model. Before the IPPS, the International Classification of Diseases (...Read More »
by Melissa Varnavas
My parents transferred me from public school to Catholic school in second grade. We were Methodists at the time. That year, my Catholic school counterparts were earning their first communion bona fides. During such lessons, I was left alone in the classroom...Read More »
by Carolyn Riel
All CDI professionals, whether new to the field or industry veterans, should be familiar with the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Coding Clinic. “They are one of the leading authorities, and their advice is there to help us as CDI and coding...Read More »