CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 6, Issue 1

Council member Q&A: Metric expectations, reporting, and education

January 8, 2024
Leadership Council, CDI Management

This month’s question was submitted on January 2, 2024, and focuses on CDI metric expectations, reporting, and education. Please note that questions and answers have been de-identified for the purposes of this article.

Q: I have a couple of questions regarding CDI metric...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 6, Issue 1

Q&A: Measuring CDI specialist productivity

January 16, 2013
Ask ACDIS, Policies & Procedures

Q: Our CDI program is three years old and our administration still questions our productivity goals. Initially we set benchmarks at 90-95% coverage rate of Medicare/Managed Medicare; 20-25% query rate; 90% response rate and 80% agree rate. Since census varies, we also...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 6, Issue 1

Download the PDF of the entire January issue of the CDI Journal

January 1, 2012

Director’s note, 6
Facility/physician payment ties increase.

Meet a member, 7
A new series introducing ACDIS members.

CDI expands to outpatient areas, 8
How one facility made the case for CDI efforts in the ER.

Ask ACDIS, 10
...Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 6, Issue 1

Respond to the 2024 ACDIS Leadership Council Research Series Survey by January 22 to receive credit!

January 8, 2024
Leadership Council

It’s time to respond to our second Leadership Council survey: The 2024 Leadership Council Research Series Survey! The survey will remain open until 5 p.m. eastern on Monday, January 22.Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 6, Issue 1

New questions from Council members on initial reviews on one-day cases, Sepsis-2 versus Sepsis-3, CMI for surgical cases, and readmission rates

January 8, 2024
Leadership Council, CDI Management

If you have experience with any of the topics, please email Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald at linnea.archibald@hcpro.com by noon eastern on Friday, January 12, and she'll connect you with the relevant folks at the end of the day on...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 6, Issue 1

News: CMS debuts web page for ICD-10 CC and MCC lists

January 5, 2012
News

CMS recently released ICD-10 CC and MCC lists on its web site. It lists the diagnosis by ICD-10 code, then indicates whether it qualifies as a CC/MCC, then it notes exclusions, and offers a description. If the CC or MCC is...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 6, Issue 1

Director's note: What's in it for the physician? A lot

January 1, 2012
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory, Education

The bane of many CDI specialists’ existence is trying to get physicians to buy into good documentation practices. But a recent notice issued by TrailBlazer Health Enterprises, LLC, put in about as plain words I’ve seen that contractors are now going to be comparing Part A (hospital) with Part B...Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 6, Issue 1

ACDIS board and committee application open until February 2!

January 8, 2024
ACDIS Guidance, Leadership Council

Do you have knowledge and expertise you wish to share with CDI community? Are you looking to advance ACDIS on the local level? Are you seeking to cultivate the best resource material for the CDI community? Then apply for an ACDIS...Read More »

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