CDI Expansion

For many, outpatient CDI is still a new frontier. An outpatient CDI effort might be kicked off by success on the inpatient side and some...Read More »

There are 12,400 home health agencies which provided care to 4.9 million patients in 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...Read More »

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8 Proving investment returns for outpatient endeavors
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By Cathy Farraher, RN, BSN, MBA, CCCM, CCDS
At a recent meeting, my facility coders discussed that our special care nursery (SCN)...Read More »

By Anny Pang Yuen, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CDIP
Because healthcare is changing so rapidly, many CDI programs recognize the importance of...Read More »

By Karin Killenberger, BSN, RN, CCDS
Working as a remote CDI specialist can be either totally fulfilling or a bit difficult. If you...Read More »

While the May/June edition of the CDI Journal hasn’t yet released, the ACDIS team already has their sights set on the July/August edition...Read More »

The report acknowledges the need for workplace flexibility and benefits of remote CDI work, but cautions matching such benefits with onsite...Read More »

By Anny Yuen, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CDIP, and Page Knauss, BSN, RN, LNC, ACM, CPC, CDEO
The brevity of the patient encounter requires an...Read More »

As with adult gastroenterological (GI) conditions, pediatric patients can experience a wide range of severity levels. One concern with pediatric...Read More »