by Linnea Archibald
Despite the fact that the majority of us spend most of our lives without a summer break, the warmer months often bring a more laidback attitude, a slower pace, a tendency to want to escape the mundanity of everyday life. It’s one of the reasons that “beach...Read More »
by Jess Fluegel
The CDI profession is all about making investments. A CDI specialist invests in time to review cases in hopes of finding query opportunities. A CDI educator invests in preparing and teaching lessons that will help CDI specialists in this pursuit, and tools that...Read More »
by Deanne Wilk, MPS, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CCS
When it comes to certain medical conditions, we all have wrestled with the conflagration of differing opinions and the discrepancies in provider documentation. A common example: The emergency room physician states sepsis, the...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald
We’ve all been there: You’re in a virtual meeting where your only role is listening and learning, but those email notifications keep popping up, that to-do list keeps calling your name, and you find yourself half-listening to the presenter. Despite its benefits...Read More »
by Evon Dawson, BSN, RN, CCDS
In CDI, education is a necessity not only for improving one’s skill set, but also to keep up with the constant evolution of healthcare. As stated in the ACDIS Code of Ethics, all CDI specialists should “Advance their specialty knowledge and practice...Read More »
by Jamie Johnson, RN, BSN, CCDS
Experienced CDI specialists know provider engagement can be challenging. Physicians often feel overburdened with administrative tasks and already have limited time for patient care. They can become resistant to participating in CDI initiatives,...Read More »
by Clare DiBella, RN, CCDS, and Sydni Johnson, BSN, RN, CCDS
The CDI educator role is dynamic, evolving to fit the ever-changing landscape of coding and CDI. In the beginning years of Banner Health’s CDI program, the program was mainly focused on reimbursement within the MS-DRG...Read More »
If a CDI department was going on an adventure through the forest, the CDI educator would be a crucial tool in the department’s pack: the Swiss Army knife.
In the tangled web of regulatory policy, and in the matted underbrush of compliance requirements,...Read More »
