ACDIS Guidance

by Joel Moorhead, MD, PhD, CPC
This article is about bringing the patient to the center of clinical validation. A patient with an “...Read More »

by Amy Czahor, RHIT, CDIP, CCS
Recently I was reviewing a data sample investigating the root cause of DRG discrepancies between CDI...Read More »

by Allen Frady, RN, CCDS, CCS

These last several months have seen a dizzying array of changes, controversies, and regulations...Read More »

by Sam Antonios, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCDS

The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) allows CMS to penalize hospitals with...Read More »

Nearly 60% of patients say that online reviews matter to them when choosing a physician, according to a study conducted by the Journal of the...Read More »

With the criteria and definition of sepsis in flux, CDI specialists’ involvement in clarifying matters continues to grow. While the Surviving...Read More »

Q: According to a denial letter, acute metabolic encephalopathy secondary to any disease (which it obviously always is) codes to G94, other...Read More »

Penny Souder, RN, MS, CPC, works at Maui Memorial Medical Center in beautiful Hawaii. She joined the CDI team a year and a half...Read More »

ACDIS surveyed more than 400 CDI professionals about their facility productivity expectations and ...Read More »

by Erica E. Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS

Some clinicians may interpret a query as an affront to their clinical judgment. This is not...Read More »