A new study estimates that sepsis is at least partially responsible for roughly 11 million global deaths in 2017 out of 56 million total deaths. This means sepsis was at least partially responsible for 20% of the worldwide deaths that year. Undertaken by a dozen collaborators at the University...Read More »
by Melissa Varnavas
What was true on Friday somehow changes by Monday.
If you’ve been listening to me over on Facebook Live for the ACDIS Monday Meet Ups we’ve been holding since the end of April, essentially that’s been the theme.Read More »
According to a recent Black Book survey, eighty percent of healthcare leaders said their use of data analytics for decision-making and strategic planning is "negligible," reported HealthLeaders Media.
The research found that 95% of hospitals and physician group executives have...Read More »
by Carolyn Riel
Since its inception, the CDI field has grown and advanced, its positive effects reaching far beyond documentation improvement for correct coding, reporting, and reimbursement. Organizations have seen the importance of solid documentation practices and have steadily...Read More »
UnitedHealthcare (UHC) announced that starting April 1, they will use a proprietary software program to evaluate all professional claims submitted for emergency department visits with the Level 5 evaluation and management (E&M) code 99285.
According to guidelines from the American...Read More »
by Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS
If you were to ask me, “What is the single best thing I can do to improve clinical documentation?” my answer would be to go out and get yourself some resident physicians. Beg, borrow, or steal them if you have to, but having residency programs...Read More »
Q: Upon review of some of my old query formats, I noticed that come of them have a standard statement like the ones below:
“To facilitate accurate documentation of severity of illness (SOI), please clarify the etiology of abdominal pain for this patient based on these clinical
by Carolyn Riel
CDI departments are traditionally behind the healthcare scenes. CDI specialists are the heroes that no one sees, fighting denials and making sure all charts are completed to the utmost accuracy. But what happens when this backstage department steps into the...Read More »
