Are you like me and refuse to make New Year’s resolutions because you think you’re just setting yourself up for failure? Lose weight? Quit smoking? Exercise more? Spend less? Let’s face it, you can’t just decide to change your life
The role of the clinical documentation specialist has been in a state of flux for the past few years. We wear many hats including that of nurse, coder, teacher, auditor, statistician, politician, and sometimes therapist.Read More »
by Glenn Krauss, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPUR, C-CDI, CCDS
Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) programs have evolved over the last few years as hospital interest in implementing these programs has grown exponentially.Read More »
Healthcare organizations today are under increasing pressure to achieve a value-based equation by providing high-quality care along with a superior patient and family experience—all at lower costs for their patients. While healthcare...Read More »
According to a recent ACDIS survey, nearly 70% of CDI programs moved to 100% remote staffing models as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to another 12.66% that were already...Read More »
I became the CDI director for Banner Health in April 2019. Banner Health is a large health network covering six western states, with its headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. The CDI department includes 80 team members who perform record reviews for 18 of...Read More »
by Tamara Hicks, RN, BSN, MHA, CCS, ACM-RN, CCDS-O
There are many reasons CDI leaders may create a career ladder for their department. First, career ladders provide mobility for staff members who have spent many years working in CDI and who have been tasked with additional...Read More »
Everybody knows that experienced CDI specialists don’t grow on trees. Additionally, CDI is a niche specialty; most people in healthcare have only a vague idea of what CDI specialists really do. Because of these two problems, CDI leaders have unique...Read More »
