CDI Journal - Volume 18, Issue 6

Guest column | App-based learning to aid comprehension of organizational knowledge

November 1, 2024
CDI Management, Policies & Procedures

by Taylor L. Wiggins, DNP, RN, and Tedra S. Smith, DNP, CRNP, CPNP-PC, CNE, CHSE

Primary care providers (PCP) receive limited documentation training while in school, which can lead to inadequate information in postgraduate clinical practice settings. At our organization, ArchWell...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 18, Issue 5

Guest column | CDI documentation standards: A 2024 health system update

September 1, 2024
Education, Policies & Procedures

by Molly Siebert, RHIA, CCDS, with contribution from Kaitlin Loos, BSN, CCDS

It has been five years since we published our original story as a white paper with ACDIS. We wanted to come back...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 2

Q&A: Metric expectations, reporting, and education

January 11, 2024
Ask ACDIS, Policies & Procedures

Q: I have a couple of questions regarding CDI metric expectations, reporting, and education for your CDI teams. I have been working on a CDI metrics report of the expected systemwide versus individual query rate, review rate, physician response rate, agreement rate, and expected...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 55

Q&A: Mortality reviews

December 14, 2023
Ask ACDIS, Policies & Procedures

Q: What is the pathway for mortality cases at your organization? We review the mortality cases that have a risk of mortality (ROM) and severity of illness score of 4 or below, and to improve the observed to expected ratio (O:E). The workflow, however, is inefficient, and the CDI team...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 50

News: CY 2024 OPPS final rule released, focus on changes to address health inequities

November 9, 2023
News, Policies & Procedures

On November 2, 2023, CMS finalized Medicare payment rates for hospital outpatient and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC)...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 50

News: Hospitalized patients with new-onset AF likely to have AF reoccur, study finds

November 9, 2023
News, Policies & Procedures

Approximately 33% of patients who experienced a first-time atrial fibrillation (AF) episode while hospitalized for noncardiac reasons had additional AF episodes up to one year after being discharged, according to a study recently...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 47

News: CMS could save $694 million with adjustment to post-acute transfer policy, OIG says

October 19, 2023
News, Policies & Procedures

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently concluded an audit aimed at determining whether significant cost savings could be realized for the Medicare program in post-acute care (PAC) discharge policy, according to a press...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 46

ACDIS update: Addendum added to the Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice—2022 Update

October 12, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, Policies & Procedures

Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice was produced through the joint effort of ACDIS and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Both associations collaborated on the creation of this practice brief and approved its contents, and as such it...Read More »

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