Wrestling with bandwidth challenges, a large physician group in the Midwest struggled with making changes to status quo documentation and coding practices. While documentation and coding improvements were acknowledged as critical success factors, options for making such improvements without...
CDI leaders find themselves involved in so many different projects. Advice on how to juggle it all can often be found by connecting with peers outside their organizations to collaborate, swap advice, and share challenges and successes. The ACDIS CDI Leadership Council serves the purpose of...
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on healthcare systems, and CDI departments have suffered from the fallout. An ACDIS survey conducted in June in the aftermath of the initial outbreak showed that many were hit with furloughs, salary reductions, and in some cases layoffs.
The role of a CDI leader is challenging and ever-changing with the needs of their department and their organization. While leaders’ roles vary widely, they often include a focus on physician engagement and key performance indicator (KPI) trending and monitoring for the success of their programs...
Today’s CDI leaders juggle many priorities at once, balancing CDI departmental needs and bandwidth against the needs and goals of the broader organization.
Leverage technology to capture HCCs across the continuum
Managing patient risk has never been more crucial. Accurate capture of Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCCs) is essential to accurate risk scores. Both
The role of a physician advisor is challenging and ever-changing. This is reflected in the diverse job description, which often includes educator on effective documentation and regulatory updates, denials triage and manager, and carrot and
With the advent of Value-Based Purchasing programs and other pay-for-quality measures, many CDI teams have shifted their focus to a holistic review process for accurate quality reporting.
In partnership with 3M, the Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) CDI...
When it became clear that ACDIS needed to cancel its main in-person conference in order to keep our clinical documentation integrity (CDI) community safe from the dangers posed by the COVID-19
