ACDIS tip: Educating physicians on clinical validation processes

April 12, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 55
Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

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

Without a team that is fully engaged, it is...Read More »

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 "...

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 »

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 »

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