Guest Post: Natural language processing and clinical documentation, part 1

August 23, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 117
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

by Crystal R. Stalter, CPC, CCS-P, CDIP

Long before ICD-10-CM/PCS became a focus, working as a clinical documentation improvement...Read More »

Local chapter updates: New England CDI and coding symposium success

August 17, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 36
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Education

A couple weeks ago, ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas wrote about her plans to attend the New England CDI and Coding Symposium...Read More »

Q&A: Denial management teams

August 17, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 114
Ask ACDIS, CDI Expansion, Denials & Appeals

Q: What guidance do you have for building a denial management team?

A: As with any team, it is important...Read More »

Symposium Update: Early bird hotel discount ends August 17

August 15, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 112
CDI Expansion, Education, Outpatient CDI

There are only a couple more days left to get a discounted hotel room rate for the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI. ...Read More »

Outpatient CDI: Record review tracking tool

August 14, 2017
Policies & Procedures
CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

This sample was reviewed and approved by the ACDIS Resource Library Committee in 2023.

Thanks to Valerie Parent, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCRN-K, for donating the attached outpatient CDI record review tracking tool. Parent is the clinical documentation improvement manager at Eastern Maine Medical...

Outpatient CDI: Monthly tracking tool

August 14, 2017
Policies & Procedures
CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

Thanks to Valerie Parent, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCRN-K, for donating the attached outpatient CDI monthly tracking tool. Parent is the clinical documentation improvement manager at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine. She can be reached at vparent@emhs.org...

Outpatient CDI: Staff evaluation form

August 14, 2017
Job Descriptions
CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

Thanks to Valerie Parent, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCRN-K, for donating the attached outpatient CDI staff evaluation form. Parent is the clinical documentation improvement manager at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine. She can be reached at vparent@emhs.org...

Local chapter updates: New chapters, networking groups crop up nationwide

August 10, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 35
CDI Expansion, Education

Did you know there are more than 40 ACDIS Local Chapters and networking groups nationwide? And, that number grows on an almost daily basis.Read More »

Membership update: ACDIS/Nuance white paper sheds light on changing CDI technology

August 10, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 35
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding

Although new technology inherently brings new challenges, it also has the ability to simplify aspects of the CDI process, according to a white...Read More »

Tip: CDI specialists should learn how HCCs work

August 10, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 35
CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding, News, Outpatient CDI

The concept of Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC) is not new; CMS implemented the HCC model in 2004 as a way to determine capitated payments...Read More »

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