The rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare has often led to CDI being pulled in multiple directions for various initiatives. Since the impact of accurate and compliant clinical documentation is more expansive today than it was ten years ago, we have to maintain an effective balance between...
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. And despite massive investments in...
Did you know that nearly 41% of CDI departments are involved in the denials management or appeals process and nearly 40% of their denials come from private payers? Did you know that more than 80% of CDI professionals query, even when the query outcome only impacts a quality measure rather than...
Healthcare is continually evolving, which impacts all of its supporting disciplines and processes. Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) is an important discipline that must continue to rapidly and effectively adapt and expand to meet industry demands.
Join us on Tuesday, June 23rd at 1 pm ET for part 2 of The Impact of CAPD (Computer-Assisted Physician Documentation) on CDI Programs as we dive deeper into how CAPD works with a traditional CDI program. Current CDI ROI measurement challenges revolve around how to calculate...
As budgets shrink, healthcare organizations are clamoring for more precise data to justify the cost of Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) programs, software, and physician time/effort.
Current CDI ROI measurement challenges revolve around how to
We’re not even at the apex of the infection curve, and the COVID-19 pandemic has already made an enormous impact on the nation and the healthcare industry. Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) departments are no exception.
CDI staff were quickly shuttled home and have had to learn...
Healthcare will never stop evolving, which will continue to impact all of its supporting disciplines and processes. Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) is one key revenue cycle discipline that must continue to rapidly and effectively adapt and expand to meet industry demands.
In January of 2019 the Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) issued a national survey to leaders of CDI departments, including supervisors, managers, and directors, with the aim of getting quality data on three important initiatives affecting the CDI profession....
Program Date & Time: Tuesday, April 30th at 1 pm ET
Acute care audits and denials are growing increasingly common and continue to consume coding and CDIS professional’s time in an already resource-limited world. The definition of clinical validation means that...
