Lee Anne Landon, BNS, CCDS, is the network manager of CDI at HonorHealth in Phoenix, Arizona, and the co-chair of the Arizona ACDIS local chapter.Read More »
Those attending this year’s ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient in November will receive an email with online login information for materials and download instructions for this year’s Symposium smartphone app. The email will be sent approximately one week before the event. Check your spam filters and...Read More »
Prioritization of reviews begins with defining the population of cases to be evaluated. This should align closely with the mission of the CDI program. If the mission is largely revenue driven, the most populous payer populations may be...Read More »
Risk models group diagnoses according to ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes and categorize patients who share similar clinical characteristics and cost. Each risk model has a complex methodology where a particular diagnosis may trump another diagnosis,...Read More »
Fran Andrews, RN, BSN, CCDS, a CDI specialist at Wellstar Healthcare System, has been in the field since 2006, and is a member of the Georgia ACDIS local chapter.Read More »
