by Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS I'm writing this a few weeks before Halloween, but I'm already feeling haunted. The spirit in...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald When people talk about CDI’s effect on an organization’s health, often they are referring to the traditional CC...Read More »
by Melissa Varnavas When I was a kid, my siblings would tease me. They’d tell me I was wrong, that I didn’t know what I was talking...Read More »
by Brian Simpson, MS, RRT, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, CRC Despite not having a formal denials management team at Penn Highlands Healthcare, I...Read More »
by Sydni Johnson, RN, BSN, CCDS, and Denice Piwowar, BSN, RN, CCDS CDI professionals generally consider clinical validation queries...Read More »
by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS Few things evoke such a visceral response from CDI professionals as the phrase “payer...Read More »
by Anneleah Williams-Bridges, MS, MBCA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS, RH-CBS, LIA Until recently, many organizations have solely used...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald As the CDI profession has matured and expanded over the years, many CDI departments find themselves pulled down...Read More »
Q: Have any other institutions had frequent clinical validation denials regarding acute pulmonary insufficiency...Read More »
Earlier this summer, CMS resumed Medicare fee-for-service audits which had been suspended starting the end of March because of...Read More »