Physician burnout was a growing problem before the pandemic but has notably escalated since. In a recent research article, the percentage of physicians reporting at least one symptom of burnout rose from...Read More »
by Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC
I am a rule follower. I was raised that way by my father. He taught me rules were made to be followed, and if the rules don’t make sense, work to change them. With that thought in mind, I have loved the work that ACDIS and...Read More »
Q: Does your facility currently abide by any policies when it comes to coding ‘obesity’ and/or ‘morbid obesity’ in terms of requirements for the provider to document how the diagnosis has met the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) definition of ‘monitoring, evaluating,...Read More »
As part of the twelfth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Hiral Patel, MHI, BSN, RN, CCDS, a CDI specialist at University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center in Dallas,...Read More »
Based on a study led by researchers at multiple universities and published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, primary care providers would need 26.7 hours per day to see an average number of patients....Read More »