Alasha L. Hunt, RN, RT(R) CT, joined the CDI professional a little more than a year ago and works as a CDI specialist at Garrett Regional Medical Center in Oakland, Maryland. Though it’s more than three hours away, she plans to attend the annual Maryland ACDIS local chapter conference on...Read More »
The average adult, according to various sites on the internet, makes roughly 35,000 decisions per day—deciding everything from what to have for breakfast to what time to go to bed and all the decisions in-between. Interestingly, about 250 of...Read More »
In addition to the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting applicable to the inpatient code assignment and the ICD-10-CM/PCS code set, two sets of guidelines exist solely for evaluation and management (E/M) coding—...Read More »
Jennifer Boles, CPC, CRC, Lori Ganote, MSN, RN, CCDS, and Caryl Liptak, MSHAI, RHIA, will present “Joining Forces: How Ambulatory CDI Can Collaborate with Inpatient CDI Staff” on Day 1 of the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI,...Read More »
To be successful CDI programs need to expand across the care continuum into the ambulatory and the post-acute care setting to capture all diseases and conditions that paint the picture of patient care.Read More »
There are many ways to fight a claim denial, but the first step is to decide to appeal. That’s why it’s important to have a dedicated denials management division and a denials management steering committee to provide oversight (as described in...Read More »
Faisal Hussain, MD, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, is the vice president of CDI solutions at Reventics, Inc. Hussain is based in Thompson Station, Tennessee, and is a member of the Tennessee chapter of ACDIS.Read More »
Q: Which sepsis criteria should we use? It seems like we get denials quoting every criteria set and are at a loss for how to prevent them or respond.Read More »
