Recent shifts in DRG denial volumes have negatively impacted hospital revenue by exponential proportions. In response to advancements in artificial intelligence and other audit technologies that may contribute to the increase, some hospitals are...Read More »
Shannon DiSilvestro, BSN, RN, CCDS, is a clinical coding denials specialist at UChicago Medicine and is part of the Northern Illinois ACDIS (NIACDIS) chapter. She has been working in the field for seven years.
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