CDI specialists can pretty much come from any background in the medical field—from physicians, to nurses, to coders, and everything in between. While CDI specialists generally have the same day-to-day workflow (reviewing charts and sending queries), a specialist’s background prior to coming to...Read More »
I attended nursing school at a four-year university that included classes in nursing history and continuum of care. Both courses required review of diversification in healthcare. Since the dawn of modern nursing, there have been controversies...Read More »
The basic tenant of learning CDI is learning how MS-DRGs work, and the tiered structure of CC and MCC levels. That is the first step, to be sure, but it is not the final destination. In the new era of quality based reimbursement, there are...Read More »
As part of the seventh annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. James Wall, RN-TN, BSN, MBA, the senior director of clinical documentation improvement at LifePoint...Read More »
As part of the seventh annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Brenda Ng, MS, RN, CCDS, CCS, a CDI consultant at MedPartners in Greenwood Lake, New York, and a...Read More »
The ACDIS Advisory Board created the following white paper which analyzes national survey data on CDI specialists' chart review productivity and lists the variables that can reduce or enhance that productivity. The white paper provides ACDIS’ recommendations on chart review productivity...Read More »
The latest short-term Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) is available for acute care hospitals nationwide, according to a September 1 announcement from CMS. The report includes statistics through the second quarter of fiscal year 2016.