As part of the eighth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Johanne “Jo” Brautigam, RN, BSN, CCDS, the manager of clinical documentation integrity program at Roper Saint Francis...Read More »
By Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCDS
Over the years, Congress passed numerous pieces of legislation to limit healthcare spending, combat losses due to fraud, and ensure that dollars spent truly benefit the American population with quality care. Numerous watchdog programs...Read More »
As part of the eighth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Karin Killenberger, RN, BSN, CCDS, a CDI specialist for Baylor Scott and White (BSW) based in Howell, Michigan, and a...Read More »
JoAnne Mullins, MSN, RN, is a CDI specialist at Huntsville Hospital in Alabama, and a member of both the Alabama and Tennessee ACDIS local chapters.Read More »
As part of the eighth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Irina Zusman, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, director of HIM coding and CDI initiatives at NYU Langone Health in New York, a member...Read More »
Having a physician advisor on board to help either construct or review your query can help him or her to not only make the process a bit less painful for the provider or possibly negate the need for a query based on his clinical expertise, it...Read More »
The Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists(ACDIS) is proud to sponsor the eighth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week. This week is a time to recognize CDI specialists for the critical role
CDI is a diverse field, involving multiple disciplines both directly in a CDI professional role and indirectly through interdepartmental collaboration. That’s what the 2018 CDI Week theme is all about—“CDI Mosaic: Creating a Collaborative Portrait.” This year’s Industry Overview Survey bore out...Read More »
