Verbal or written, concurrent or retrospective—any way you slice it, physician queries continue to be one of CDI specialists’ most important tools. When ACDIS first examined how CDI programs conduct their query practices in 2009, the results stood as a baseline from which programs could define...

CDI specialists increasingly feel their salaries inappropriately reflect the value they bring to their organizations. Over and over, respondents to the third annual CDI Salary Survey lamented the pay cuts, increased hours and workloads, lack of raises, and decreases in benefits.

In 2008,...

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