CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 39

Book excerpt: Conducting peer reviews

September 7, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Education

By Laurie L. Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP

Most likely you’ve already experienced peer reviews within your training; when you took your first record review and drafted your first queries, your manager or mentor looked over your shoulder and reviewed your work, offering you...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 39

Membership update: Talk10Tuesday features ACDIS member for outpatient chat

September 7, 2017
CDI Expansion, News, Outpatient CDI

Last week’s Talk10Tuesday podcast featured one of ACDIS’ own members, Tracy Boldt, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, for a chat about outpatient CDI. Boldt is the system manager of CDI at Essentia Health,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 39

Local chapter updates: Keep ACDIS in the loop during your event planning

September 7, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, News

Fall is one of the busiest times for ACDIS’ many local chapters. With school starting again, it seems the educational CDI events are keeping stride with those back-to-school schedules. In order to keep ACDIS’ event information up-to-date on the chapter pages and help get the word out, please...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 39

ACDIS Radio topic changed for tomorrow, September 13

September 12, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Due to the extreme weather from Hurricanes Irma and Harvey, our guests for tomorrow's ACDIS Radio show are unavailable. Instead, tomorrow's show will be a preview of CDI Week.Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 38

Book excerpt: Bridging relationships represents core CDI responsibility

February 21, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

By Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC

[O]ne of the largest portions of the [CDI] job includes building relationships with various facility departments to identify problem areas, brainstorm solutions, and educate coworkers about these concerns. Some people say that all...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 38

Note from the ACDIS Director: UnitedHealth Group, Inc. versus the United States of America: The case for CDI

August 29, 2017
Quality & Regulatory

The work of a CDI professional can at times seem isolating and unimportant. Does it matter if a query gets answered? When we educate physicians, and tell them what they document matters, are they listening? Then a case comes along and demonstrates not just that the CDI profession does...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 38

News: Functional quadriplegia MS-DRG changes

August 29, 2017
Clinical & Coding, Quality & Regulatory

Through data analysis, CMS concluded that the average length of stay of functional quadriplegia cases are similar to those in MS-DRGs 947 and 948. Ultimately, CMS agreed with the commenter and finalized the assignment of code R53.2 to MS-DRGs 947 and 948.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 38

News: Study anticipates jump in dependence on value based care

August 29, 2017
CDI Expansion, News, Quality & Regulatory

A May 2017 HealthLeaders Intelligence Report on Value-Based Readiness found that 74% of surveyed providers depend on fee-for-service payments, and the remaining 26% rely on value-based payment. Providers, however, say that mix will change to 48% fee-for-service and 52% value-based...Read More »

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