Lisa A. D. Lanier, BS, CCS, covers ensuring medical necessity for common outpatient services, including improving documentation to secure diagnoses needed to support diagnostic tests and procedures performed in the ED and clinic setting.
CDI specialists typically review inpatient records to obtain specificity related to principal and secondary diagnosis. As a profession, such...Read More »
Elaine King, MHS, RHIA, CHP, CHDA, CDIP, FAHIMA, explores how emerging legislation and technology has created tremendous demand for CDI that extends beyond the traditional inpatient-focused initiatives into the outpatient arena. This session will explain how organizations can implement practical...
Auditors have been reviewing medical necessity for inpatient services for years and Recovery Auditors (RA) have recouped millions of dollars in...Read More »
Attached is the PowerPoint presentation "Migrating to Outpatient Ambulatory CDI: A Road Map to Getting Started", by Glenn Krauss, BBA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPUR, FCS, PCS, CCDS, C-CDI, a manager with Accretive Health in Chicago.
Attached is the powerpoint presentation Outpatient CDI: The New Frontier? by Caroline Rader, MBA, MS-HCA, Associate Director, Navigant Consulting, Inc., in Baltimore.
