ACDIS routinely includes questions surrounding physician engagement on annual surveys, but there hasn’t been a survey dedicated to the issue since the 2017 Physician Queries Benchmarking Survey. Since physician engagement and education is routinely cited as the top issue facing CDI professionals...Read More »
The OIG has been conducting a series of studies about adverse events (patient harm) in various healthcare settings since 2008 and will be publishing more of its corresponding reports throughout 2019.Read More »
By Cathy Farraher, RN, BSN, MBA, CCM, CCDS
Physician burnout is at an all-time high and provider query fatigue is a real concern for every facility, whether your response rate is 100% or below 70%. To understand why, put yourself in the provider’s place for a moment.
Q:I’ve been told that a patient with the documentation of “traumatic cerebral edema with loss of consciousness of 18 hours and GCS—eyes open to sound,” should be assigned to HCC 166. But I keep coming up with two possible HCCs...Read More »
More and more facilities are employing full-time physician educators or liaisons. In fact, roughly 11% of respondents to the 2018 CDI Week Industry Survey indicated they currently have this role as part of their CDI team. But the industry seems to be seeing a differentiation between the...Read More »
“One of the things I really look for when I’m interviewing [CDI candidates] is that an individual has critical thinking and analysis skills,” said Sheila M. Duhon, MBA, RN, CCDS, A-CCRN, CCS, national director of CDI education at Tenet Healthcare in Dallas, Texas, on an episode...Read More »
