CDI Strategies - Volume 4, Issue 6

News: OIG identifies nurse/physician medical record review as most effective way to identify adverse events

March 18, 2010
News, Quality & Regulatory

In 2008, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed a sample of nearly 300 Medicare hospitalizations from two counties in a one-week period in order to analyze current methods of identifying adverse events in hospitals.   According to a report released this month, vulnerabilities exist in...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 4, Issue 6

News: CMS offers ICD-10-CM introduction

March 18, 2010
News

CMS will provide a a basic introduction to ICD-10-CM during its National Provider Conference Call of Tuesday, March 23, from 1-2:30 p.m. (EST). The call will discuss the requirement to report ICD-10, outline the benefits of the switch from ICD-9, discuss general structural differences between...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 4, Issue 6

Tip: Use AHIMA guidance as basis for CDI query processes

March 18, 2010
Policies & Procedures, Physician Queries

Although AHIMA’s October 2008 practice brief “Managing an Effective Query Process” clearly states that the agency intended the article as guidance, not regulation, CDI programs should regularly review their query practices, policies, and procedures to determine if any problem areas may need to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 4, Issue 6

News: CMS Transmittal focuses on physician signatures

March 18, 2010
News, Quality & Regulatory

For CDI specialists, the physician signature is one more critical piece of documentation to keep an eye on. Actually, it’s one of primary reasons to query the physician according to the AHIMA physician query practice brief, “Managing an Effective Query Process”.   CMS Transmittal 326 (Change...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 4, Issue 6

Tools: Kidney disease query forms

March 18, 2010
Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

Like many CDI specialists, Janice Davis, RN, clinical documentation analyst at High Point (NC) Regional Health System and her four co-workers struggled with obtaining appropriate documentation for chronic kidney disease (CKD) and acute renal failure (ARF).   “So we decided if we listed the...Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 4, Issue 5

Council member Q&A: Retrospective queries

May 9, 2022
Leadership Council, Ask ACDIS

Starting in January 2022, Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald began sending out “missed connections” emails with questions from Council members every Monday. Anyone with experience related to one of the questions was invited to respond and Archibald connected them with the question...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 5

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Countdown of top leadership qualities

February 7, 2011
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management

by Melissa Varnavas

You know those somewhat helpful hints you most often find in Women’s Day magazine but which have cropped up recently on web browsers’ homepages? They’re usually things like “8 great meals to make for dinner tonight!” or “10 helpful hints to make your bathroom...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 4, Issue 5

News: 2009 CDI Salary Survey available

March 4, 2010
News, ACDIS Guidance
More than 300 CDI specialists participated in the 2009 ACDIS salary survey. Respondents answered questions about CDI specialists’ compensation (most make between $50,000 and $70,000 on average), their program structure (most CDI programs...Read More »

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