FEATURES 7 CDI’s role in retrospective reviews 13 CDI–case management collaboration 18 Local chapter financial planning 26 Systemwide outpatient CDI...Read More »
By Melissa Varnavas
Over the past few months, the ACDIS leadership team has been dutifully revising the association’s five-year strategic plan. Strategic planning provides clarity, direction, and focus for any individual, program, or organization. It ties a mission and vision...Read More »
The beginning of the year is a time to go back to basics—or even, in some cases, to start over. The last white paper published in 2019 focused on preparing CDI professionals for that exact purpose. Titled “How to conduct a medical record review,” it takes CDI professionals back to the core of...Read More »
The HHS draft strategy to reduce EHR burdens lists several elements related to clinical documentation principally focused on previous recommended changes to E/M...Read More »
According to a recent ACDIS poll, 58% of respondents currently conduct retrospective chart reviews, and another 5% say they have plans to expand into retrospective reviews soon. While some of those 58% review pre-billing and others post-billing, the goal for retrospective reviews remains the...Read More »
Q: Our physician advisors are requesting the question and options be listed before the clinical indicators and treatment in the query. I could not locate any direction regarding this format in the current ACDIS/AHIMA physician query practice...Read More »
