Just because outpatient programs are gaining traction, creating an outpatient CDI program from the ground up has its own challenges. The path to starting such a department is often nonlinear, and CDI specialists launching an outpatient program will likely need to go back to the CDI basics to...Read More »
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently released a checklist to help medical practices shut down due to COVID-19 take steps to safely reopen, reported...Read More »
A Commonwealth Fund study performed by researches from Harvard University found that outpatient visits for more than 50,000 providers declined by nearly 60% in mid-March when COVID-19...Read More »
The fourth annual ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI conference takes place November 12-13, 2020, at The Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona, and the call for speaker applications is now open.Read More »
The fourth annual ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI conference, takes place November 12-13, 2020, at The Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona, and the call for speaker applications is now open.
The 2020 Symposium planning committee recently began meeting to discuss...Read More »
In the outpatient setting, CDI teams face many challenges—physicians’ fast-paced schedule, varying coding rules, and a different clinical focus from traditional inpatient efforts. CDI professionals may find themselves at a loss for how to approach the query process and physician education....Read More »
Home health agencies across the country are grappling with a significant change in how Medicare pays for services, reported HealthLeaders Media. To qualify for services under the new system, a person must be homebound and in need of intermittent skilled care (less than eight hours a day...Read More »
