Denials continue to be a pain point and significant challenge for every hospital across the nation. Whether inpatient or outpatient, denials are rampant. Denials also continue to strain revenue cycles in every organization. What can...Read More »
Ask any hospital in the country what their most pressing problems are, and one can almost guarantee that denials will make it into the top three. As ACDIS reported in a Journal...Read More »
by Kristin Wallick, MD, FCCP, Joseph A. Cristiano, MD, FACP, CCDS, CHCQM-PHYADV, and Eleanor K. Fertig, MD, ACPA-C, CCDS, CHCQM
The American College of Physician Advisors Clinical Documentation Committee strongly supports the importance of up-to-date, complete, and accurate...Read More »
Peers and colleagues who know me well are keenly aware that the word “denial” makes me irate. The main reason for my denial disdain is due to the fact that payers, who have had no patient contact whatsoever, believe they possess the...Read More »
Salena Morgan, RN, BSN, CCDS, is the CDI network director at HonorHealth in Arizona. She has been in the field since 2012 and is a member of the Arizona ACDIS local chapter.
ACDIS: What did you do before entering CDI?
Morgan: Before CDI, I was...Read More »
FEATURES 5 From the ground up: Employee engagement in CDI 8 2024 ACDIS national conference recap: Four days of discovery 10 Case study: Bolster success with CDI...Read More »
Springtime is officially here (or perhaps even early summer for our friends in warmer climes than mine here in the Northeast), and with it often comes a beautiful barrage of engagement and wedding announcements. CDI professionals are a group that deeply...Read More »
