CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 4

A Note from the Instructors: Connecting with coworkers

January 28, 2016
CDI Management

As many of you know, working remotely has its advantages: the commute to work is easy, you can attend meetings in your jammies, and who cares if you have a bad hair day? But it also has its disadvantages: you don’t get to see your coworkers’ smiles, give those hugs, or engage in laughter. That...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 4

Associate Director’s Note

July 1, 2016
ACDIS Guidance

I couldn’t imagine a more appropriate graphic to adorn the cover of this issue—nearly every article in its pages points to how CDI programs can expand their existing efforts and take flight.Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 4

Note from the Advisory Board: ACDIS submits comments on IPPS proposal

July 1, 2016
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory

Editor’s note: The ACDIS Advisory Board submitted the following comments to CMS on June 16 regarding the 2017 IPPS proposed rule.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 4

Local Chapter Update: Network with CDI specialists in your area

January 28, 2016
News

Local ACDIS chapters provide a vital networking and educational service to clinical documentation improvement specialists in a given state, geographic region, or specialty area. These groups are led by volunteers who help hosts organize events and further ACDIS’ mission to provide professionals...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 4

In the News: IPPS PSI highlights, AHA comments

July 1, 2016
Quality & Regulatory

The American Hospital Association (AHA) expressed concerns about the 2017 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule, including the documentation and coding adjustment (DCA), changes to disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments, and the implementation of various quality...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 4

Feature: Improving the collaboration between CDI and case management

January 28, 2016
Clinical & Coding

Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) specialists and case managers share a common goal but often are not on the same page when it comes to improving documentation within the hospital, says Glenn Krauss, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPUR, C-CDI, CCDS, director of enterprise solutions for Zirmed, in...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 4

Hierarchical CDI: Risk adjustment focus helps influence patient care

July 1, 2016
CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding

by Katherine Rushlau

Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Washington, has had a successful inpatient CDI program for seven years. In spring 2014, the facility, which encompasses 32 clinics and two acute care hospitals, began discussing CDI in the ambulatory setting, says...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 4

Only one thing: Focus required for expansion efforts

July 1, 2016
CDI Expansion

For CDI specialists, the daunting landscape of changing healthcare initiatives may seem like a broad expanse of impenetrable woods. It's an ecosystem which includes quality-based initiatives related to readmission reductions, 30-day mortality, Patient Safety Indicators, complications, present on...Read More »

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