ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald sends out “missed connections” emails with questions from Council members on a regular basis. Anyone with experience related to one of the questions was invited to respond and Archibald connected them with the question-asker. In order to share...Read More »
This month’s question was submitted on February 26, 2024, and focuses on templates for CDI review notes and how to add findings. Please note that questions and answers have been de-identified for the purposes of this article.
Q: We are currently seeking out best practices for...Read More »
Q:Our CDI program is three years old and our administration still questions our productivity goals. Initially we set benchmarks at 90-95% coverage rate of Medicare/Managed Medicare; 20-25% query rate; 90% response rate and 80% agree rate. Since census varies, we also...Read More »
Many CDI managers use case-mix index (CMI) as the primary metric for determining the success or failure of their program. If the CMI rises in a given month, the CDI staff is doing its job, appropriately querying physicians for the correct principal diagnosis and...Read More »
Q: For a newly trained CDI specialist, what is the approximate number of reviews (both concurrent and follow up) one should expect him/her to be able to handle per day? I recall from the CDI Boot Camp that the starting number was about 10, but I can’t remember how many new versus follow-...Read More »
If you have experience with the topic below, please email Linnea Archibald at larchibald@acdis.org by noon eastern on Friday, August 18, and she'll connect you with the relevant folks at the end of the day on...Read More »
