2020 was brutal, all around. COVID-19 is responsible for more than 400,000 deaths in the United States (and climbing). It was a year of incredible social and political unrest and division.
CDI departments were not unaffected....Read More »
by Linnea Archibald
While I don’t fully agree with the old saying that “if you’re not moving forward, you’re falling behind,” there is something to be said for moving in a direction instead of standing still. Many CDI departments begin their journeys reviewing for primarily CC/MCC...Read More »
Last year saw less than 80 hospital mergers, down from 92 in 2019, according to a Kaufman Hall report. COVID-19 may have slowed hospital consolidation but...Read More »
by Carolyn Riel
It’s always been easy to show financial return on investment for inpatient CDI endeavors, but the monetary value of outpatient programs is increasing dramatically year after year, making outpatient CDI reviews more attractive to many healthcare organizations....Read More »
A report from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions found that hospital outpatient revenue is beginning to rival inpatient revenue. The report looked at financial data from...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald
Pediatric CDI reviews require a different skill set than those in the traditional adult acute care space. Often, CDI professionals reviewing these specialized charts are islands within their overall CDI department, acting as the sole pediatric CDI reviewer....Read More »
