by Jess Fluegel
In the 2022 CDI Salary Survey, 49% of respondents reported that their CDI program plans to hire additional staff in the next 12 months, almost exactly the same amount as the year previous. In their...Read More »
by Kerri Swart, BSN, RN, CCRN, CCDS
In its initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our 100% on-site CDI program at Upstate University Hospital packed up and went home for an anticipated two weeks. As the pandemic pushed on, that two weeks turned into many more weeks, months,...Read More »
by Merle Zuel, RN, CCDS
Coding professionals are bound by the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, the instructions in the code set itself, and advice in publications such as the American Hospital Association’s Coding Clinic. Because they are bound to...Read More »
by Waldo Herrera, MD, MBA, MSc, FACP, SFHM, CHCQM-PHYADV
Many CDI programs are started or overhauled by a consulting firm. As the program is created or renewed, the main focus tends to be on the CDI department structure: its policies, education, staffing needs, and key performance...Read More »
Tammy Yohn, BA, RN, CCDS-O, is a lead ambulatory CDI RN for Bellin Gundersen Health Systems in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She has been in the CDI field for seven years. Yohn is an active member of the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council and Resource Library Committee.
Staffing remains one of the top challenges for hospital executives throughout the pandemic and will likely continue over the coming years. In a survey published by Critical Care...Read More »
Q: Are any healthcare organizations outsourcing their CDI department with foreign workers? If the department is remote anyway, what benefits and drawbacks are there to utilizing foreign CDI team members at a lower cost?
