Over and over again, CDI specialists ask: “How do you obtain physician buy-in?”
At Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Ill., physician query response rate rose from roughly 50% back in its CDI program’s early days to an estimated 98% today. So how did Carle do it?
The attached HIM Query Policy and Procedure was donated by Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Ill., and was reprinted and adapted with permission.Read More »
by Beth Soule, RN, MSN, CCDS After being in the CDI field a little over a year, I ordered The CCDS Exam Study Guide and signed up to take the Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) exam. I remember wondering if my seven years as a case manager or my clinical experience...Read More »
When hospitals appeal their denials they typically win. The AHA's RACTrac report indicates that hospitals appeal more than 40% of their denials with a roughly 75% success rate.
That’s where CDI professionals come in.Read More »
The following questions were answered by Melanie Haycraft, RN, CCDS, RAC government audit coordinator for North Oakes Health Systems in Hammond, La.Read More »
Nearly 90 CDI professionals converged on the campus of Columbus (Ind.) Regional Hospital on August 23, in a networking event that combined efforts of the Central Indiana and Kentucky/Southern Indiana ACDIS Chapters, an event more than six months in the making. Attendees traveled from as far...Read More »
This month’s question was submitted on February 26, 2024, and focuses on templates for CDI review notes and how to add findings. Please note that questions and answers have been de-identified for the purposes of this article.
Q: We are currently seeking out best practices for...Read More »
My last blog post focused on physician profiling. Time and time again, I’ve seen that once physicians understand how clinical documentation impacts their pay, profiling, medical/legal risk and severity of illness reporting, they realize it is in...Read More »
