Kelly Ellis, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, is the director of coding, CDI, and compliance at the Ohio State University Healthcare. She has been in the CDI field for about 10 years and worked in the coding and compliance field before that.Read More »
Abstract
Provision of nutrition care is vital to the health and well-being of any patient who enters the health care system, whether in the ambulatory, inpatient, or long-term care setting. Interdisciplinary professionals— nurses, physicians, advanced practice providers,...Read More »
Alba Kuqi, MD, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRCR, CICA, is the CDI supervisor at Prime Healthcare and is currently pursuing her master’s degree in HIM from the College of St. Scholastica. She is an ACDIS Leadership Council member, PHIMA member, and AHIMA Foundation Research Network...Read More »
FEATURES 9 CDI in a changing denials landscape 13 The payer side of CDI 15 Frontline appeal writing advice 20 Organization-wide clinical definitions...Read More »
Each year the ACDIS Achievement Awards recognize excellence in the CDI profession and bestow high honors on extraordinary CDI professionals from across the country. Honorees are nominated by colleagues...Read More »
By Melissa Varnavas
On July 20, 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin landed on the moon. In taking his first step, Armstrong uttered the historic words, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
The average outpatient visit in the U.S. costs nearly $500 and the average inpatient stay costs more than $22,000, according to a global study from the...Read More »
by Irina Zusman, RHIA, CCS, CCDS
Both ccommercial and public payers now deny about one in every 10 submitted claims, costing health systems up to 2% of net patient revenue, according to a March 2019 article in Modern Healthcare. As the cost of healthcare continues to skyrocket,...Read More »
