Of the 4,840 short-term acute care hospitals in the United States, 3,231 of them were part of a hospital system in 2016, according to the American Hospital Association. Though the 2017 data has yet to be released, one might naturally assume the number would increase, as every day seems to bring...Read More »
By Julie Geiger, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP
Data in CDI reports should demonstrate the depth of work performed as well as productivity elements. I want to share my experience of personalizing data fields in our CDI software to fully demonstrate our CDI team’s impact beyond moving the DRG...Read More »
Prioritization of reviews begins with defining the population of cases to be evaluated. This should align closely with the mission of the CDI program. If the mission is largely revenue driven, the most populous payer populations may be...Read More »
By Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP, Stephanie Hawley, RN, BSN, ACM, and Anny Pang Yuen, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CDIP
A crucial part of building a successful CDI department is making its mission known within the whole organization. Once the mission is established, share it. While each...Read More »
Formal CDI programs have existed in Australia for almost two years, now. Having established one of the first CDI programs here, I was in a very privileged position to influence how CDI might look in Australia.
The majority (57%) of healthcare payers and providers believe predictive analytics will save their organizations 15% or more over the next five years, according to a 2017 Predictive Analytics in Healthcare Trend...Read More »
