This sample appeal letter was provided by Jera Van Damme, BSN, RN, CCDS, senior clinical documentation educator at Essentia Health in Duluth, Minnesota.
This sample was examined and approved by the Resource Library Committee in 2023. The committee recommends that, if a program uses this...
As the healthcare industry moves to value-based payment programs, the dollars are tighter and the need for collaboration among clinicians, Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) specialists, and coders grows
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Acute care audits and denials are growing increasingly common and continue to consume coding and CDIS professional’s time in an already resource-limited world. The definition of clinical validation means that...
This paper provides a case study of one organization’s record review process development and implementation. For more information about developing your own process, read the related 2018 ACDIS white paper “How to conduct a medical record review.”
