Deanne Wilk, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, CMS, and Melissa Maguire, BSN, RN-BC present “How CDI and Coding Can Travel Together in the Outpatient Realm: Goals and Initiatives,” on Day 1 of the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI. This year’s Symposium takes...Read More »
This free infographic breaks down the relevant findings from the 2018 Industry Survey regarding outpatient CDI to help you in your outpatient efforts. When you download it, you’ll have access to a $...Read More »
Rebecca Robbins Willcutt, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC, and Mary M. Rogers, CRC, CPC, COC, CCS present “Is Your Outpatient Query Process Compliant? Thinking Outside the Box: Building an Effective and Sustainable Ambulatory CDI Program,” on Day 1 of the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI....Read More »
“When we look back even five to 10 years ago, CDI tools were really just seen as an extension of whatever coding was using or maybe just spreadsheets,” said Aaron Brauser, vice president of CDI solutions at M*Modal the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, on...Read More »
Rita Fields, BSN, RN, CCDS, recently retired from her role as regional CDI manager at Baptist Health in Louisville, Kentucky, and was named CDI Professional of the Year in 2017. Susanne Warford, MBA-HCM, RN, CCDS, is the system CDI analyst and appeals nurse for Baptist Health in Louisville,...Read More »
When it comes to children’s hospitals, U.S. News and World Report is perhaps the most ubiquitous, and arguably, it uses the most clear-cut methodology for data abstraction.Read More »
Autumn Reiter, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, director of CDI services for TrustHCS, based in Springfield, Missouri, will present “Five Pillars for Building a Successful CDI Program in Emergency Services and Other Outpatient Areas,” on Day 1 of the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI....Read More »
Most CDI programs start the same way: looking for CCs and MCCs to maximize the DRG for reimbursement purposes. But, as programs matured over the last decade or so, that mission has necessarily changed. Due to the wide variety of program expansion areas, however, one program’s definition of “...Read More »
