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7 The creepy-crawlies: Avoiding CDI scope creep
11 The buck stops here: CDI escalation policies
16 Tips from the frontlines for physician engagementRead More »
Outpatient CDI is a different beast than CDI performed in the inpatient hospital setting. The volume of encounters is significantly higher, as is the speed of the visit and the turnover of patients. Trying use the same processes for clarifying documentation with...Read More »
By Melissa Varnavas
There’s a photo of my mom and dad from the winter of 2015, snow piles towering over them on either side. That year the Boston area received blizzard after blizzard. We still call it (with a nod to J.K. Rowling) the winter-that-shall-not-be-named.
This year, 751 hospitals will be hit with a payment reduction from Medicare due to high rates of patient injuries. These hospitals will lose 1% of their Medicare payments over fiscal year 2018.Read More »
By Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC
One pitfall many CDI professionals face is one I faced myself in my early years. As a young CDI professional, I stressed to everyone, “I am not a coder.”
I still say that to people who ask me very specific questions related to...Read More »
Scope creep is “really the whole sentiment that since we’re already in the record, we can do more and more,” says Lara Faustino, RN, BSN, CCDS, a CDI specialist at Boston Medical Center. “It happened gradually for us.”
As CDI programs mature, they move away from the easy-...Read More »