CDI professionals know the situation well. They do excellent work in one area and then are asked to take on additional roles as a result. If they made a difference with X, why can’t they do the same for Y?Read More »
Kathie McAlexander, RN, CCDS, works at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi, and has been in the CDI field since 2002.Read More »
By Cathy Farraher, RN, BSN, MBA, CCCM, CCDS
At a recent meeting, my facility coders discussed that our special care nursery (SCN) patients were an outlier for length of stay (LOS). This surprised CDI staff—the reputation of the unit was very good, so how could it be an outlier?Read More »
Lately, I’ve been sending out emails to chapter leaders across the country asking for their latest updates and giving them a few reminders along the way. I wanted to pass along the information here, too.Read More »
There are 12,400 home health agencies which provided care to 4.9 million patients in 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In light of efforts to keep patients from being readmitted to hospitals, and to keep the hospital stays they do undergo as short as possible,...Read More »