By Marion Kruse, BSN, RN, MBA, and Jennifer Cavagnac, CCDS
As medical information moves from paper-based to electronic, CDI professionals as well as providers, hospital clinical and administrative leaders, coders, and other record analysts must consider the following questions...Read More »
In addition to the efforts of the core ACDIS team, a group of volunteers from the ACDIS membership work hard for months on end to make CDI Week memorable for all CDI professionals. If you’re interested in serving on this committee, please email ACDIS Editor Linnea Archibald (...Read More »
At Saint Luke's Health System in Kansas City, Missouri, revenue integrity analysts pull a sample of 10 charts per provider per calendar year to conduct chart audits, says Sheri Bayless, CPC, CPPM, director of site of service revenue cycle at Saint Luke’s. The RIA reviews the...Read More »
By Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS
We’re all about language in the CDI world, which is probably why I fit in. I’ve always been kind of a vocabulary nerd, with an occasional spell of “grammar guy” thrown in for good measure. This is why I don’t like the song “I’ll Be There” by the...Read More »
Vinita Magoon, DO, JD, MBA, MPH, CMQ, presented a poster at the 2018 ACDIS Conference entitled “Using denial data to improve outpatient clinical documentation.” Read More »
Jennifer Oetinger, RN, BSN, has created a poster entitled “Spinal surgery: Interpretation, opportunities, and coding.” Janet Barber, MBA, BSN, RN, CCDS, and other members of the Providence Health System team will be presenting the poster in Oetinger’s stead.Read More »
Jessica Barbeiro, BS, RN, CPC, CCM, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, will be presenting a poster at the 2018 ACDIS Conference entitled “Collaborate with case management and physicians with the use of daily CDI length of stay.”Read More »