The world of outpatient CDI is diverse and growing ever larger. Listen to the newest ACDIS Podcast episode in a conversation with our guest Hailey Ryfinski, RN, the director of outpatient CDI at Mayo Clinic Health System throughout the Midwest, who discusses moving from...Read More »
Outpatient visits are being billed at a higher level of complexity than they were in the past, according to a recent study conducted by the Peterson-...Read More »
Four years ago, when Tami McMasters Gomez, MHL, BS-HIM, CCDS, CDIP, the director of coding and CDI services at the University of California Medical Center at Davis in Sacramento, was asked to review the hospital’s contractual agreement for its...Read More »
by Jess Fluegel
Despite increased expansion into outpatient CDI over the past several years, there are plenty of hang-ups that stop people from starting the journey. Among 2022 CDI Week Industry Survey...Read More »
by Purvi Shah, MD
To start with some background, Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC) are an increasingly important way to track and report disease in the ambulatory setting, especially in value-based care. This concept is long-standing; the importance of a standardized way to...Read More »
by Kathleen M. Romero, MSN, RN, EBP-C, Cynthia Beal, MBA-HCM, BSN, RN, and Renee Pate, MSOL, MSN Ed., RN, CCDS
In 2018, the South Texas Veterans Health Care System implemented a CDI program in the emergency department (ED) with the goal of improving coding accuracy, professional...Read More »
