Book excerpt: Outpatient CDI reporting structure

January 18, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 7
CDI Expansion, Education, Outpatient CDI

By Tracy Boldt, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, and Ellen Jantzer, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC

If your organization has an inpatient CDI team,...Read More »

Implementing systemwide outpatient CDI programs

January 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 1
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

Even on a small scale, knowing where to start with an outpatient CDI program implementation can leave leaders at a loss. Add in the complications...Read More »

Guest column: An outpatient CDI case study

January 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 1
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

by Tammy Trombley, RHIT, CDIP, CCDS
Recently, an outpatient CDI review project at a large family practice/internal medicine...Read More »

Guest column: Office visit E/M documentation requirements eased

January 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 1
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, Outpatient CDI

by Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, and Cynthia Tang, RHIA, CCS
In response to providers’ complaints of burdensome regulatory...Read More »

Book excerpt: Documenting in the outpatient setting

December 14, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 247
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

By Anny Yuen, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CDIP, and Page Knauss, BSN, RN, LNC, ACM, CPC, CDEO

The amount of physician documentation required...Read More »

News: Hospitals sue HHS over site-neutral outpatient payments

December 13, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 57
News, Outpatient CDI, Quality & Regulatory

The AHA, the Association of American Medical Colleges, Mercy Health Muskegon, Olympic Medical Center, and York Hospital...Read More »

Note from the CCDS Coordinator: Be among the first to earn your CCDS-O

December 6, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 56
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Education, Outpatient CDI

By Penny Richards

If you’ve been thinking about applying for the new Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist-Outpatient (CCDS-...Read More »

2018 ACDIS Symposium, Day 1, General Session: ACDIS Outpatient Position Paper (plus Q&A with ACDIS Advisory Board)

November 26, 2018
Symposium Materials
CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI, Physician Queries

2018 ACDIS Symposium, Day 1, Track 1: How CDI and Coding Can Travel Together in the Outpatient Realm—Goals and Initiatives

November 26, 2018
Symposium Materials
CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI, Policies & Procedures

Deanne Wilk, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, CMS, and Melissa Maguire, BSN, RN-BC

This session will look at how CDI and coding can work collaboratively in the outpatient realm. Covering both CDI and coding initiatives, it examines what to review and how to engage providers from both aspects...

2018 ACDIS Symposium, Day 1, Track 2: Thinking Outside the Box—Building an Effective and Sustainable Ambulatory CDI Program

November 26, 2018
Symposium Materials
CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI, Policies & Procedures

Rebecca Robbins Willcutt, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC, and Mary M. Rogers, CRC, CPC, COC, CCS

Ambulatory CDI is a new frontier, and the process for developing a mature and sustainable program is not well understood. It is critical to define exactly what you want to accomplish and...

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