The twin trends of patients using quality data to choose where to go for care and the popularity of value-based care purchasing programs to manage healthcare costs will only continue to grow. Healthcare organizations understand that if they can impact their quality scores, they are more likely...
Despite the challenges and budget cuts leveled at CDI programs in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, still 98% of leaders feel their organization sees the value in their CDI program and 72% said their budgets stayed the same or increased in 2021 over 2020. Additionally, though CDI...
Patient risk and intervention opportunities require information, insight, and time - both difficult to find in today’s complex healthcare system. Discover how a personalized, proactive, and patient-focused approach to wellness and chronic disease management can help optimize outcomes and close...
Did you know that only about 24% of CDI professionals round with physicians on the floor as part of their typical duties, or that 65% of CDI departments who have a physician advisor share this person with another department? Did you know that the average amount of new charts reviewed per day by...
The pandemic turned a new page for CDI. Much of the workforce has gone remote, payment has shifted towards value-based purchasing, and risk-based models. The world of CDI has changed and adapting to the new technology is the path of the future.
Join ACDIS April 21-22 for ACDIS Virtual Summit: State of the CDI Profession. Open to qualified CDI professionals, this event features a panel session on current best practices in CDI, ranging from concurrent coding, to secondary reviews and denials management, to evolving metrics that reflect...
Each stage of the CDI documentation integrity process represents an opportunity for additional leakage of accurate and appropriate documentation, resulting in inaccurate coding of conditions being monitored and treated during the patient's encounter. This results in inappropriate reimbursement...
In the dark of winter, a second surge of COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on healthcare systems throughout the United States, with CDI departments feeling the impact. Many CDI professionals are working from home and feeling the...
Around the world, COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on everyone’s lives, particularly those working in health care. First and foremost: THANK YOU for your crucial role in facing this pandemic. Capturing the complexity of care has never been more important and many of you have also stepped up to fill...
