In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, physician documentation has transcended its traditional role of capturing clinical care and has become a linchpin of the revenue cycle process. As healthcare organizations face increasing pressures to...Read More »
Amanda M. Palacios, MPH, RHIA, is the system HIMS director at Riverside Health System in Newport News, Virginia. She has been in the CDI field for 11 years and is an active member of the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council.
ACDIS: What did you do before entering CDI, and...Read More »
FEATURES 6 Investing in the future of CDI with resident education 11 Maintaining engagement in the remote environment 22 Case study: The CDI Swiss Army knife ...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald
Despite the fact that the majority of us spend most of our lives without a summer break, the warmer months often bring a more laidback attitude, a slower pace, a tendency to want to escape the mundanity of everyday life. It’s one of the reasons that “beach...Read More »
by Jess Fluegel
The CDI profession is all about making investments. A CDI specialist invests in time to review cases in hopes of finding query opportunities. A CDI educator invests in preparing and teaching lessons that will help CDI specialists in this pursuit, and tools that...Read More »
by Deanne Wilk, MPS, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CCS
When it comes to certain medical conditions, we all have wrestled with the conflagration of differing opinions and the discrepancies in provider documentation. A common example: The emergency room physician states sepsis, the...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald
We’ve all been there: You’re in a virtual meeting where your only role is listening and learning, but those email notifications keep popping up, that to-do list keeps calling your name, and you find yourself half-listening to the presenter. Despite its benefits...Read More »
by Evon Dawson, BSN, RN, CCDS
In CDI, education is a necessity not only for improving one’s skill set, but also to keep up with the constant evolution of healthcare. As stated in the ACDIS Code of Ethics, all CDI specialists should “Advance their specialty knowledge and practice...Read More »
