CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 22

News: AHIMA appoints new CEO

October 13, 2011
News

The American Health Information Management celebrated the induction of its new chief executive officer (CEO) Lynne Thomas Gordon, MBA, RHIA, FACHE, last week, at its annual convention in Salt Lake City. Gordon, who accepted the position in...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 22

News: Celebrations underway for National Case Management Week

October 13, 2011
News

Case management departments across the country celebrate National Case Management Week October 9 to October 15. The Case Management Society of America developed a 25-page case management promotion guide in help...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 22

Q&A: Using tumor board notes post discharge

October 13, 2011
Ask ACDIS

Q:  Some physicians are uncomfortable making addendums to the discharge summary to include the pathological findings (e.g...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 5, Issue 21

Guest Post: To obtain physician support simply engage and collaborate

May 29, 2012
ACDIS Guidance, Education

by Heidi Hillstrom MS, MBA, RN, CCDS

As a 10-year veteran of a successful CDI program, I am accustomed to being asked, “How did you build your program?”  My response invariably is how vital it is to bring your physicians on board.

Before you respond, “But you don’t know...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 5, Issue 21

CDI: One tactic to solve two problems-ICD-10 and VBP

May 29, 2012
Clinical & Coding, Quality & Regulatory

Thanks to value-based purchasing (VBP) and the ICD-10 transition, clinical...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 5, Issue 20

Q&A: Communicating expectations to achieve excellence

May 23, 2012
Ask ACDIS, Education

Editor’s Note: I recently came across this question and answer in one of our sister publications ...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 20

Director's Note: Visit ACDIS in Salt Lake City

September 29, 2011
ACDIS Guidance

The 83rd AHIMA Convention and Exhibit takes place in a few days and ACDIS is proud to support the efforts of the HIM professionals who work so diligently to ensure the accuracy and security of the medical record. A few...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 20

News: CMS releases Final Rule for Medicaid RACs

September 29, 2011
News, Quality & Regulatory

On September 14, CMS released its Medicaid recovery audit contractor (RAC) final rule, which sets the requirements for the state-by-state programs.

The new initiative, modeled after the...Read More »

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