By now, facilities should be way past the basic ICD-10 overview education. Now is the time to reinforce
ICD-10 knowledge through refresher courses and training methods, says Robin Keeney, CCS, CCDS, director of Revenue Cycle Services at VHC, Inc., in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois.Read More »
Romerl “Cris” Gumayagay, CCDS, CCS, CDIP, knows a thing or two about having passion for CDI. The foreign medical graduate (FMG) has been involved in CDI for more than five years and holds a CDI position at the University of Southern California, Keck Medicine, in Los Angeles.Read More »
The CDI Journal offers CE credits towards the ACDIS CCDS certification. To obtain your CCDS continuing education credits, you must successfully complete the online continuing education quiz. Please note: The expiration date for this activity is October 1, 2016.You must...Read More »
by Trey La Charité, MD
Even though primary care physicians (PCP) need CDI expertise, many remain unaware of how the medical landscape around them has changed, and many more simply do not believe that their practice has to change. If the PCPs in your network are reticent, the...Read More »
A recent survey conducted by The American Hospital Association and Executive Health Resources (EHR) found that 98.5% of participants reported that their physicians could improve their documentation practices.Read More »
Fran Platt, BSN, RN, is the CDI manager at Southampton Hospital in New York. Though she says she’s new to CDI (she’ll be celebrating her two-year anniversary in the field this coming September), she says learning and continually growing in the CDI profession has kept her...Read More »
The CDI Journal offers CE credits towards the ACDIS CCDS certification. To obtain your CCDS continuing education credits, you must successfully complete the online continuing education quiz. Please note: The expiration date for this activity is July 1, 2016.You must...Read More »
If your CDI program needs physician engagement ideas, perhaps tuning into the efforts at your nearby pediatric hospital can help—or, you can just call on Valerie Bica, RN, CPN, CDI specialist at Nemours/A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, and her teammates. Although many...Read More »
