Q&A: Understanding GMLOS

August 22, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 35
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I’ve heard that the GMLOS is always rounded to the nearest whole number as...Read More »

Symposium spotlight: Baptist Health System’s CDI specialists are all on the same team—both inpatient and outpatient

August 19, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 110
Ask ACDIS, Outpatient CDI

Jennifer Boles, CPC, CRC, Lori Ganote, MSN, RN, CCDS, and Caryl Liptak, MSHAI, RHIA, will present “Joining Forces: How Ambulatory CDI Can...Read More »

Q&A: Should acute respiratory failure be the principal diagnosis?

August 15, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 34
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I just had a case at work where the patient arrived in respiratory...Read More »

Q&A: CDI in home health

August 8, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 33
Ask ACDIS, CDI Expansion

ACDIS Podcast guests Caryl Liptak MSHAI, RHIA, system director of CDI and coding at Baptist Health Kentucky in Louisville,...Read More »

Q&A: Educating providers on root operations

August 1, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 32
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Physician & CDI Education

Q: I’ve heard that provider education should not include lectures on the...Read More »

ACDIS Mailbag: Listener questions

July 31, 2019
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

With special guest Dawn R. Valdez, RN, LNC, CDIP, CCDS, the CDI manager of education at Ardent Health Services in Nashville, Tennessee. Co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, MSN,...

Q&A: Sepsis criteria conundrum

July 30, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 106
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Denials & Appeals

Q: Which sepsis criteria should we use? It seems like we get denials quoting every criteria set and...Read More »

Symposium spotlight: Wilk tackles top outpatient “problem;” offers solutions for handling the list

July 29, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 105
Ask ACDIS, CDI Expansion, Physician & CDI Education, Outpatient CDI

Deanne Wilk, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, will present “How to Handle the Problematic Problem List” on Day 1 of the...Read More »

Q&A: Choosing a principal procedure

July 25, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 31
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: We recently had a patient admitted with severe acute meningitis causing respiratory...Read More »

Symposium spotlight: Take the HCC plunge with Pinson

July 22, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 101
Ask ACDIS, CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding, Outpatient CDI

Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, will present “A Deep Dive into HCCs” on Day 1 of the...Read More »

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