CDI Journal - Volume 7, Issue 2

Meet a member: Thirty-two-year career ends with CDI efforts

April 1, 2013
Education

Janet Emanuelson, RN, has been a CDI specialist at Dominican Hospital-Dignity Health in Santa Cruz, Calif., for nearly six years. She joined ACDIS in 2007 and became a member of the California ACDIS Chapter in 2010, helping the ACDIS national administration to better understand networking needs...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 2

News: Healthcare leadership survey identifies 2013 priorities

January 17, 2013
News

Improving patient experience and satisfaction topped the list of healthcare leadership priorities, according to a new survey by HealthLeaders Media Intelligence Unit. The survey garnered more than 800 respondents, 54% of...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 7, Issue 2

Do not let documentation disconnect fester

April 1, 2013
Physician Queries

by Wendy Whittington, MD, MMM
Physicians are grappling with understanding what all of the changes in healthcare mean for their patients and themselves, and CDI efforts are part of that equation.

I am privileged to be part of the faculty group that teaches physicians in the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 2

News: January sees 106 ACOs begin operation

January 17, 2013
News

Across the country, 106 new Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) began operation this month, according to a CMS Blog post by Jonathan Blum, CMS Acting Principal Deputy Administrator and...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 7, Issue 2

Avoid the DRG 'grab bag' mentality: Help the physician instead

April 1, 2013
Physician Queries, Alabama

by Glenn Krauss, BBA, RHIA, CCS,CCS-P, CPUR, FCS, PCS, C-CDIS, CCDS
The No. 1 struggle most CDI specialists face is getting physicians engaged in CDI, to provide accurate, specific, consistent documentation in the record. Unfortunately, unless healthcare is reformed to the point...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 2

News: New York health system plots pay-for-performance initiative

January 17, 2013
News

New York City’s Health and Hospitals Corporation represents the nation’s largest public health system, with more than a million ER visits a year,...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 7, Issue 2

Accurate documentation for dying patients

April 1, 2013
Clinical & Coding

by Trey La Charité, MD
Sadly, there are patients who will not survive their current level of illness regardless of the best efforts of their physicians and their medical facility. The providers caring for these patients are often at risk of underreporting those patients’ severity of...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 2

Q&A: Measuring CDI specialist productivity

January 17, 2013
Ask ACDIS

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 established goals of...Read More »

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