Outpatient CDI: Staff evaluation form

August 14, 2017
Job Descriptions
CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

Thanks to Valerie Parent, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCRN-K, for donating the attached outpatient CDI staff evaluation form. Parent is the clinical documentation improvement manager at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine. She can be reached at vparent@emhs.org...

Tip: CDI specialists should learn how HCCs work

August 10, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 35
CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding, News, Outpatient CDI

The concept of Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC) is not new; CMS implemented the HCC model in 2004 as a way to determine capitated payments...Read More »

Note from the Associate Director: Announcing a new outpatient version of the CDI Pocket Guide

August 10, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 35
ACDIS Guidance, Education, Outpatient CDI

By Rebecca Hendren

Outpatient CDI is a fast-growing area of the profession. So, I’m excited to announce a new resource that will...Read More »

Symposium Speaker Highlight: Whitley shares story of ambulatory success

August 8, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 108
CDI Expansion, Education, Outpatient CDI

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2018 ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI agenda released

July 30, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 150
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

The full agenda for the 2018 ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI...Read More »

Symposium Speaker Highlight: Prescott searches for Waldo

July 27, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 33
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

As we did with the 10th annual ACDIS conference in May, we’ll take some time leading up to the first ever...Read More »

Tip: Teach scribes about CDI in physician clinics

July 27, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 33
ACDIS Guidance, News, Education, Outpatient CDI

“One of the key components for a successful CDI program is the ability to review records concurrently […] Since the documentation takes place so...Read More »

News: CMS proposes removing total knee replacements, other joint procedures from inpatient-only list

July 27, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 33
Clinical & Coding, News, Outpatient CDI

CMS proposed a handful of changes to the inpatient-only list in the 2018...Read More »

Guest Post: Expanding the CDI focus to the outpatient arena, part 2

July 25, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 100
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

Editor’s note: Crystal Stalter, CPC, CCS-P, CDIP, is the CDI manager for M*Modal in Pittsburgh. She has over 30 years of...Read More »

News: CMS releases 2018 OPPS proposed rule

July 20, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 32
Clinical & Coding, News, Outpatient CDI

CMS released the 2018 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule last week on Thursday, July 13. With CDI programs increasingly...Read More »

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