by Carolyn Riel
Most CDI programs came into being with the primary focus of financial improvement and reimbursement accuracy: capturing CCs/MCCs to shift the MS-DRG placement to one with a higher relative weight. The impacts of these efforts were straightforward to demonstrate,...Read More »
by Allen Frady, RN, BSN, CCS, CRC, CCDS
Over the last eight years, small pockets of the healthcare industry have been adapting an organizational culture that had its origins in mission-critical endeavors. These efforts mostly surround things such as clinical care processes and...Read More »
by Carolyn Riel
Though the adoption of outpatient CDI has been growing steadily over the years, it’s not always easy to prove the return on investment (ROI) for such efforts. While there will likely be struggles such as gaining buy-in from the C-suite and providers, developing an...Read More »
by Carolyn Riel
As the CDI profession has grown, so has the diversity of job titles represented in the profession. Like many industries, with maturation comes specialization....Read More »
by Linnea Archibald
Productivity expectations are a tricky topic, often talked about in nonspecific terms that leave those trying to set benchmarks for their department lost in the mist. While productivity metric expectations should be...Read More »
by Melissa Varnavas
By the end of January 2021, the total number of deaths associated with the pandemic neared 450,000, according to John Hopkins’ coronavirus tracker. That’s the official count. Most in healthcare understand that...Read More »
