Catholic Health Services of Long Island (CHS) started its CDI program at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn, New York, back in 2006. For anyone who’s met the dynamic director who started the program back then, it may come as little surprise that Adelaide La Rosa, RN, BSN, CCDS, since expanded the...Read More »
Editor’s Note: As part of the fifth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Thomas W. Huth, MD, MBA, FACP, Vice...Read More »
Editor’s Note:As part of the fifth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Zachary Fainman, MD, co-medical...Read More »
While most hospitals and health systems are working hard to improve the precision of their clinical documentation, these efforts can be futile unless physicians are invested in the process and understand the value to the patient, the organization, and themselves.
We hope everyone is excited for the first official day of the conference! As you get the lay of the land and enjoy the first few sessions, we wanted to start our Tuesday with one final speaker discussion, in case you haven’t decided who you’re going to see tomorrow. This week, we spoke with ...Read More »
“Many CDI programs have set their goals as: accurate coding, maximum reimbursement, increased case mix index (CMI), and better risk-adjusted scores,” says Cesar M. Limjoco, MD, vice president of clinical services at DCBA, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia. “But are they missing the mark? Are...Read More »
