Policies & Procedures

Q: I have come across an ethical dilemma. We have a small CDI program and a “home grown” application we use to report...Read More »

It has been three years since ACDIS last surveyed its membership about physician query practices. In 2010, 382 CDI professionals participated....Read More »

Auditors have been reviewing medical necessity for inpatient services for years and Recovery Auditors (RA) have recouped millions of dollars in...Read More »

Q: Our CDI program is three years old and our administration still questions our productivity goals. Initially we set...Read More »

by Brian Murphy

Many CDI managers use case-mix index (CMI) as the primary metric for determining the success or failure of their...Read More »

CDI specialists should review the overall quality of medical record documentation from the day a patient comes into the ER—regardless of whether...Read More »

Q: For a newly trained CDI specialist, what is the approximate number of reviews (both concurrent and follow up) one should expect him/her...Read More »

by Donald A. Butler

A CDI Talk string discussed ideas for evaluating consultants—a conversation that didn’t gather much...Read More »

By Anna Wheeler, MPH, RHIA, CCS

Prior to implementing an electronic query application from Meta Health Technology in 2010, the...Read More »