The role of a CDI specialist is to ensure physicians' documentation accurately reflects their clinical judgment and medical decision-making, as well as the acuity of patients; therefore, having a CDI presence in the ED will lead to fewer...Read More »
Q: I have a patient whose chief complaint was shortness of breath (SOB) and, after studies, the patient was found to have moderate to large B/L pulmonary embolism (PE) and extensive B/L lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT). The coding staff is using the PE as the principal...Read More »
You may have noticed that the ACDIS website looks a little different nowadays. And there are a ton of new features that you may not be aware of. If you currently a member of ACDIS, or considering becoming one, we invite you to join us for a...Read More »
The Connecticut ACDIS Chapter meets Thursday, June 9, at 1:30 p.m., at The Hospital of Central Connecticut with Glenn Krauss, Director of Enterprise Solutions for ZirMed discussing "CDI- Recognizing, Identifying and Effectively
It’s been four years since ACDIS asked its members to offer up their thoughts about the role of the physician advisor in clinical documentation improvement efforts. In those four years, much in the CDI world has changed but one thing hasn’t—CDI programs still say the role of the physician...Read More »
Physician engagement is a lot like football, or so says Richard E. Wild, MD, JD, MBA, FACEP, Chief Medical Officer for the Atlanta Region Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). “You can be a great quarterback, but if you have no team backing you up and supporting you, you’re...Read More »
