Guest column: Airway protection? Now what?

April 9, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 53
Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

By Rita Garcia, BAS, LVN, CCDS

The first time I read “airway protection” documented in the medical record, I realized it would...Read More »

ACDIS tip: Educational efforts for clinical validation rollout

March 28, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 13
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

By Cheryl Ericson, RN, MS, CCDS, CDIP, and Cathy Farraher, RN, MBA, CCM, CCDS

The rollout of the clinical validation process...Read More »

How to round with providers

March 27, 2019
News, Education, Physician Queries

With Erica E. Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS, the president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc. in Beachwood, Ohio. Co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, the CDI...

ACDIS update: Share your sample query templates, job descriptions with the ACDIS Resource Library

March 7, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 10
CDI Management, Physician Queries, Education

Every tool, example, and template found in the ACDIS Resource Library was contributed by an ACDIS member...Read More »

Guest post: What is clinical validation

March 5, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 33
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries

By Cathy Farraher, RN, MBA, CCM, CCDS
What is clinical validation and why is it important right now?Read More »

Query best practices from the 2019 ACDIS/AHIMA query practice brief

March 1, 2019
Tip Sheets & Samples
Physician Queries, Education

This sample query best practices handout was provided by Dexter D'Costa, MBBS, MHA, CCDS, senior director, hospital and pro-fee CDI, at Conifer Health Solutions in Frisco, Texas. Please note that these practices are taken directly from the 2019 ACDIS/AHIMA "...

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: The evolution of query practice takes center stage

March 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries

by Melissa Varnavas
I’ve written a lot about queries and the evolution of query best practices over the past 10 years, and I’ve...Read More »

Guest column: How to conduct CDI audits and why it’s important

March 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2
Physician Queries, Policies & Procedures

by Jill Dressler, RN, BSN, CCDS and Sandy Frey, RHIT, CCS
CDI has many parts: documentation analysis, provider engagement, program...Read More »

2019 update: Guidelines for achieving a compliant query practice

March 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2
Physician Queries, Policies & Procedures

Note: To read the complete version of the new query practice brief that includes sample queries and references,...Read More »

New AHIMA-ACDIS physician query practice brief

February 27, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, News, Physician Queries

With special guests Katy Good, RN, RBS, CCS, CCDS, Training Materials Specialist for Enjoin CDI, and Fran Jurcak, MSN, RN, CCDS, Vice President of Clinical...

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