CDI Leadership Research Takeaways: Insight for CDI Professionals

Today’s clinical documentation integrity (CDI) leaders wear a lot of hats, at least according to the 2019 CDI Leadership Research Series. To name a few:

• Protector of revenue and revenue integrity
• Physician engagement specialist and guardian against burnout
• Department expander and outpatient expert

In collaboration with 3M Health Information Systems, ACDIS issued a survey in January to CDI supervisors, managers, and directors. Its purpose was to gather data on CDI’s role in clinical denials and denials management, proactive physician engagement, and “CDI Beyond Hospital Walls.” The results bore out that CDI leaders of today are busy making a big impact.

After conducting the survey, ACDIS convened three 90-minute panel sessions with CDI leaders to review and interpret the survey results and share proven best practices from their own organizations. Following is a summary of the findings and highlights.