By Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCDS
Over the years, Congress passed numerous pieces of legislation to limit healthcare spending, combat losses due to fraud, and ensure that dollars spent truly benefit the American population with quality care. Numerous watchdog programs...Read More »
JoAnne Mullins, MSN, RN, is a CDI specialist at Huntsville Hospital in Alabama, and a member of both the Alabama and Tennessee ACDIS local chapters.Read More »
Having a physician advisor on board to help either construct or review your query can help him or her to not only make the process a bit less painful for the provider or possibly negate the need for a query based on his clinical expertise, it...Read More »
Nicole Fox, MD, MPH, CPE, will present “Playing Above the Live: Is Your Program Everything It Can Be?” on Day 3 of the ACDIS conference. Fox is the associate chief medical center, associate professor of surgery, medical director of pediatric trauma, and medical director of CDI at Cooper...Read More »
Hiring the best possible CDI specialists is undoubtedly the most crucial piece of the puzzle when forming a new CDI program or expanding an existing one. A CDI specialist is a uniquely qualified individual—this is not a career path for...Read More »
Q: I was reading the Q&A from CDI Strategies, , and I wanted to check whether I’m misinterpreting it. It seems that you are insinuating that vasopressors or...Read More »
by Denise Wilson, RN, MS, RRT, and Karla Hiravi, RN, BSN
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a sudden and temporary loss of kidney function, while acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is kidney injury characterized by acute tubular cell injury and dysfunction. CDI professionals need to...Read More »
Judy Cassetty, BSN, RN, CCDS, will present “Speak Up! Effective Communication with Your Providers,” on Day 3 of the ACDIS conference with Brian Cui, RHIA, CDIP. Cassetty is the clinical documentation and quality improvement manager/educator for CDI at Providence St. Joseph Health in Irvine,...Read More »
