CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 6

ACDIS update: Take the provider engagement survey

February 6, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management, Education, Physician Queries

The ACDIS advisory board is conducting an ongoing educational series on provider engagement. As part of this series, the board has developed a survey to gather data on the relationship between provider engagement efforts, provider buy-in, and their impact on CDI chart review productivity.Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 14, Issue 6

Fight until the very end: Sepsis and malnutrition denials

November 1, 2020
Denials & Appeals, Clinical & Coding

by Carolyn Riel
Payers deny claims on a wide variety of grounds, but it’s no secret that certain diagnoses seem to be frequent denial targets. Each year, respondents to the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 6

Local chapter update: Allow time for chapter business meetings

February 6, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

When planning a local chapter event, be sure to allow for 30 minutes or more if needed after the last educational presenter to have a chapter business meeting. This is particularly important in the early stages of the chapter’s inception as well as later when the group takes on ever more...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 14, Issue 6

Guest column: CDI tips for top denied diagnoses

November 1, 2020
Denials & Appeals, Clinical & Coding

by Brian Simpson, MS, RRT, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, CRC
Despite not having a formal denials management team at Penn Highlands Healthcare, I am fortunate enough to assist our coding department when we receive a clinical validation denial. Since I am a respiratory therapist by background,...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 14, Issue 6

Research corner: Poster seances and mortality reviews

November 1, 2020
Denials & Appeals, Quality & Regulatory

by Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS
I'm writing this a few weeks before Halloween, but I'm already feeling haunted. The spirit in question is the ghost of the ACDIS conference, our annual springtime gathering in the city where everything that happens stays there as long as nobody...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 14, Issue 6

Living in the gray area: Physician advisors and denials management

November 1, 2020
Denials & Appeals, Education

by Carolyn Riel
According to the 2020 CDI Week Industry Survey, more than 63% of respondents have a physician advisor working...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 14, Issue 6

Physician advisor’s corner: No one likes clinical validation denials—now what?

November 1, 2020
Denials & Appeals, Education

by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS
Few things evoke such a visceral response from CDI professionals as the phrase “payer denial.” Organizations with which I am familiar deal with constantly increasing payer denial volumes and continually evolving denial strategies as...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 14, Issue 6

Meet a Member: CDI just clicked

November 1, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Merle Zuel, RN, CCDS, is a CDI advisor at Kansas City VA Medical Center (KCVA) and an active member of ACDIS’ Kansas City chapter since 2018. He is a member of the 2020/2021 ACDIS CDI Leadership Council and earned his CCDS this year.

ACDIS: What did you do...Read More »

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