by Tammy Trombley, RHIT, CDIP, CCDS
Recently, an outpatient CDI review project at a large family practice/internal medicine physician clinic identified numerous coding errors on physician-coded claims. More than half of the errors affected risk adjustment for the CMS-Hierarchical...Read More »
by Tracy Boldt, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, and Ellen Jantzer, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC
The rules of compliant query practice do not change based on the setting. We must consider query construction and wording of provider communication with the same eye for compliance as we have...Read More »
Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, will present “Clinically Speaking: Conditions Treated in the Outpatient Setting” on Day 1 of the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI, which takes place November 14-15 at the Hyatt Regency in...Read More »
Karen Newhouser, RN, BSN, CCM, CCDS, CCDS-O, CCS, CDIP, will present “Let’s Talk About Evolution and Management: What Do We Need to Know?” on Day 2 of the...Read More »
Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, and Shannon McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CRC, CCDS, CCDS-O, HCS-D, will present “Eeeny-Meeny-Miney-Mo: Picking the First One is a No! The Pitfalls of Provider Self-Coding” on Day 1 of the...Read More »
As part of the ninth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Cherri Sanders, RHIT, a CDI specialist at Lourdes Medical Center in Pasco, Washington, and a member of the 2019 CDI Week...Read More »
Cassi Birnbaum, MS, RHIA, CPHQ, FAHIMA, will present “Leading the Way with Ambulatory Single-Path Documentation Excellence” on Day 1 of the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI, which takes place November 14-15 at...Read More »
