CDI Management

Q: If a complication was unavoidable, and has been documented as such, is that good enough reason to not code it? We wouldn’t...Read More »

Healthcare providers need to dedicate resources to increasing case-mix index, improving discharge disposition code accuracy, reducing readmission...Read More »

More than 359,000 providers will participate in...Read More »

Some eligible professionals (EP) and group practices will get a pass for failing to meet 2016 Physician Quality Reporting requirements (PQRS) due...Read More »

Back in 2013, when James Wall, RN, BSN, CCS, joined the organization, LifePoint’s nearly 60 facilities had a hodgepodge approach to CDI efforts....Read More »

CDI specialists can pretty much come from any background in the medical field—from physicians, to nurses, to coders, and everything in between....Read More »

by Robert J. Thomas, BSN, RN, PHN

I attended nursing school at a four-year university that included classes in nursing history and...Read More »

In its 2013 position paper, “Electronic Health Records and the Role of the CDI Specialist,” members of the ACDIS Advisory Board addressed several...Read More »

By Jocelyn E. Murray, RN, CCDS

I am not the first CDI consultant to recognize some essential changes needed in the current CDI...Read More »

by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCDS

Editor’s Note: This article is an excerpt from ...Read More »