CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 3

News: CMS releases 2018 Quality Payment Program performance results

January 16, 2020
News, Quality & Regulatory

Last week, CMS released the final 2018 performance data for the Quality Payment Program (QPP). These final QPP performance results show significant success and participation in both the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM).

“We heard...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 14, Issue 3

Guiding the ship: CDI steering committee formation

May 1, 2020
CDI Management, Policies & Procedures

by Carolyn Riel
Before launching a CDI program, it’s helpful to gather all the stakeholders and form a steering committee. This group will provide strategic oversight for both the program’s initial launch and ongoing growth. Figuring out how to form such a group and whom to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 3

News: Almost 400k healthcare jobs created in 2019, federal data shows

January 16, 2020
CDI Expansion, News, Outpatient CDI

Recently released federal data showed that nearly one out of five jobs created in 2019 was in healthcare, reported HealthLeaders Media. In 2019, healthcare created 399,000 jobs—nearly 33,000 new jobs each month. The 2019 figures include 269,000 new jobs in ambulatory services and 102,...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 14, Issue 3

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: An ACDIS virtual experience worth engaging with

May 1, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Education

by Melissa Varnavas
As you read this, maybe you’re thinking about what you might have been doing at this moment in an alternate reality where the global pandemic never hit.

It bears repeating that our hearts go out to those who have lost their jobs, been put on furlough,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 3

News: AMA issues checklist for transitioning to 2021 E/M coding guidelines

January 16, 2020
Clinical & Coding, News, Policies & Procedures

The American Medical Association (AMA) recently published a checklist to help physician practices transition to the new evaluation and management (E/M) coding and documentation guidelines slated to take effect January 2021, JustCoding reported.

In the 2020 Medicare Physician Fee...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 14, Issue 3

CDI in the time of COVID-19: Lessons learned from the pandemic

May 1, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

by Linnea Archibald
Since the United States reported its first case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in early January 2020, things have changed at a daily pace. At the time of this edition’s publishing, there have been more than three million COVID-19 cases worldwide and more...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 3

Q&A: Onboarding new CDI specialists

January 16, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS, CDI Expansion, CDI Management

At our organization, we’re struggling to effectively onboard new CDI specialists that have limited prior CDI experience. What vendors, technology support, or boot camps have you used for effective onboarding?Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 14, Issue 3

Ask ACDIS: COVID-19 and cytokine storms

May 1, 2020
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I just listened to the April 1 ACDIS Podcast: Talking CDI episode on “Sepsis, cytokine release...Read More »

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