Q: We are currently using a hybrid medical record, so we have standard query forms with multiple choice answer options that cannot be modified at this time. We are moving into an electronic medical record, where our queries could be more easily modified. Our compliance office has a...Read More »
The month of April promises a number of educational opportunities for CDI professionals across the country—from St. Louis, Missouri to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and from Elkridge, Maryland to Indianapolis, Indiana. Read More »
The conference is next month and the ACDIS office is buzzing with excitement. Our staff cannot wait to meet all of you in person in Atlanta, but, in the meantime, invite you to connect with us on social media. Read More »
Look who’s going to the 10th Annual ACDIS conference in Las Vegas! Edna I Betances-Harold, CDIP, CCDS, CCS, of UF Health Shands Hospital and Academic Health Center, won the jackpot thanks to the Florida ACDIS Chapter community. Florida chapter members pay annual dues to help defray...Read More »
As reported in the March 3 edition of CDI Strategies a joint U.S. and international task force recently revised the definitions of sepsis and septic shock. The new definitions and revised criteria were published in the Feb. 23 Journal of the American...Read More »
Another hospital lost its attempt to push through the backlog of denied claims appeals recently. Despite calling the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) bottleneck “grotesque,” the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a Cumberland County (North Carolina) hospital system’s request to force the...Read More »
In 2014, 66% of 318 hospitals surveyed by AHIMA had a CDI program in place. If all surveyed facilities that planned to implement a CDI program did so, 80% of responding hospitals would have one. These numbers are likely even higher today as CDI programs become ever more relevant.Read More »
Q: I am looking for documentation or physician education tips related to ventilator management or “respiratory failure” due to combativeness for airway protection and/or toxic/metabolic encephalopathy in a drug overdose.
Many of our providers document “respiratory failure,” when...Read More »
