Book excerpt: Prospective and retrospective outpatient CDI review process

February 22, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 27
CDI Expansion, Physician Queries, Outpatient CDI

By Tracy Boldt, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, and Ellen Jantzer, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC

Step one in the prospective process, is for the...Read More »

Guest post: Clinical validation prioritization efforts

February 19, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 25
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries

By Cathy Farraher, RN, MBA, CCM, CCDS

A typical day for a CDI specialist entails obtaining an assignment, whether it’s all payer...Read More »

Q&A: Teaching physicians about their documentation’s financial implications

February 14, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 7
Ask ACDIS, Physician Queries

Q: I am hoping you can provide some insight on compliance and ethical provider education...Read More »

ACDIS update: First quarterly membership conference call of 2019 today, February 14

February 14, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 7
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries, Education

ACDIS members are invited to participate in ACDIS’ first Quarterly Membership Conference Call of 2019 today,...Read More »

Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice—2019 update

February 13, 2019
Position Papers
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries

“Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice” was produced through the joint effort of the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Both associations collaborated on the creation of this...

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Collaboration key to new query guidance

February 13, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 22
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries

By Melissa Varnavas

Take a look at the newly released “...Read More »

Book excerpt: The dos and don’ts for effective queries

January 25, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 11
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries

By Sheila Duhon, MBA, RN, CCDS, A-CCRN, CCS

If you incorporate the practices and tenets below into your query development, you...Read More »

Q&A: Query formatting—clinical indicators first, or after query?

January 3, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 1
Ask ACDIS, Physician Queries

Q: Our physician advisors are requesting the question and options be listed before the...Read More »

Book excerpt: The “TRIC” to query success

November 26, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 234
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries

By Sheila Duhon, MBA, RN, CCDS, A-CCRN, CCS

The TRIC tactic to queries provides a quick and systematic approach that ensures the...Read More »

2018 ACDIS Symposium, Day 1, General Session: ACDIS Outpatient Position Paper (plus Q&A with ACDIS Advisory Board)

November 26, 2018
Symposium Materials
CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI, Physician Queries

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