Leadership research survey indicates growing role of CDI professionals in clinical validation, denials prevention, and clinical appeals
A national survey of 118 clinical documentation improvement (CDI) leaders,
Insufficient documentation led to approximately $23 billion in improper Medicare payments in FY 2017, the GAO said in a March 27...Read More »
by Denise Wilson, RN, MS, RRT, and Karla Hiravi, RN, BSN
Facility appeal writers must craft piles of appeals, with virtually no...Read More »
By Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCDS Over the years, Congress passed numerous pieces of legislation to limit healthcare...Read More »
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a sudden and temporary loss of kidney...Read More »
by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS Recovery Auditor (RA) denials raise my blood pressure more than anything else (except...Read More »
By Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCDS
CDI professionals working to help the appeal process need to make sure they have all...Read More »
by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCDS
People are human. This goes for clinicians, coders, and for CDI personnel. Mistakes...Read More »
by William E. Haik, MD, FCCP, CDIP Complex pneumonias such as Gram-negative bacterial pneumonias and aspiration pneumonias...Read More »
Q: We have a couple providers that will diagnose patients with severe sepsis...Read More »
