by Jennifer Kurian, BSN, RN, CCDS, in collaboration with Whitney Garcia, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, CRC
Over the past year and a half, our CDI team at The Queen’s Health System has had quite the journey in developing a collaborative effort to review all inpatient mortalities. Being the...Read More »
In a recent report by the OIG, incorrect modifier usage led to an estimated $4.9 million in overpayments from 2017 to 2019. While investigating instances of incorrect co-surgery and assistant-at-surgery modifier usage, their...Read More »
by Tamara A. Hicks, MHA, BSN, RN, CCS, CCDS, CCDS-O
Hybrid work models ballooned during the COVID-19 pandemic as both the public and private healthcare sectors struggled to meet patient care needs with limited staffing and increasingly stringent regulatory requirements. CDI...Read More »
Q: In this scenario, the patient has severe vascular necrosis and osteoarthritis/osteonecrosis of bilateral hips. She came in to have a right total hip arthroplasty (THA) and left hip core decompression. Day one after her surgery during physical therapy, she was standing and reached...Read More »
The newest ACDIS Podcast episode is out now and focused on mortality reviews.
This week, our guest was Keisha Downes, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, MBA-HM, CDI director at Tufts Medicine health system in Boston, who answered questions on mortality reviews from ACDIS Editorial Director...Read More »
by Jenny K. Esper, RHIT, CCS, CDIP
If CDI programs wore a pedometer, boy, would we be getting our steps in! Just look at the ground that we've covered! I am not even talking about the CDI specialists who are at a facility really covering the physical ground. Our busy day already...Read More »
Do you consider yourself a subject matter expert on CDI topics? Do you have experience writing compliant policies and exercising innovative ideas in the CDI profession?
The ACDIS Advisory Board is a group of forward-thinking CDI professionals who provide leadership, expertise, and written...Read More »