CDI Expansion

CDI specialists probably think phrases like “interoperability” and “meaningful use” need not cross their minds—EHR implementation belongs in the...Read More »

The first annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week was celebrated September 18–24, 2011. A work group organized and supported by ACDIS...Read More »

It is hard to believe that the first-ever Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Week is now little more than a pleasant memory for most. It was...Read More »

With the advent of Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC), which review both Part A (hospital) and Part B (physician) billing, payers are now...Read More »

by Robert S. Gold, MD

Even experienced and consistently accurate acute care hospital coders may not be familiar with pediatric...Read More »

Q: Do you recommend carving out time for outpatient [documentation] review, or dedicating someone to this role?

A...Read More »

by Melissa Varnavas

While the majority of CDI programs report to the director of HIM, a good number (27%, according to the 2010...Read More »

While the majority of CDI programs report to the director of HIM, a good number (27%,according to the 2010 CDI Program Benchmarking Report) fall...Read More »

by Linda Renee Brown, RN, MA, CCDS, CCS, CDIP

I feel like saying a little bit about why we do what we do, or at least why I do...Read More »