According to the 2018 CDI Week Industry Survey, which included an extended section on CDI staffing practices, only 36.56% of respondents said they had HIM/ coding backgrounds represented in their CDI departments. Further, 77.55% of survey respondents said that their organization had a written...Read More »
by Sarah Nehring, CCS, CCDS
The last thing a query writer wants is to provoke a defensive response, but in the current healthcare environment, with denials on the rise, CDI specialists, as well as clinical and coding staff need to think defensively. Here are five things to...Read More »
By Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS
The American Hospital Association (AHA) Coding Clinic, Second Quarter 2019, will likely make most CDI professionals breathe a sigh of relief as it’s a brief 40 pages in length—welcome news in light of the 2,000-plus-page fiscal year 2020...Read More »
Parkinson’s disease was first described by James Parkinson in 1817. It is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects almost 1 million Americans with about 60,000 new cases diagnosed every year. Onset usually occurs past the age of 60;...Read More »
Jorde Spitler, BSN, RN, is a CDI specialist at Dayton (Ohio) Children’s Hospital. He is both a member of ACDIS and a member of the Children’s Hospital Association.
ACDIS: How long have you been in the CDI field? What did you do before entering CDI?
Spitler:...Read More »
“Do you love me? Do you want me? / Check yes or no.”—George Strait
Ah, the simple joys of childhood. I’m from the era where our grade school social network was mediated by small paper notes rocketing across the classroom. If it...Read More »
FEATURES 10 Welcome new Advisory Board members 18 CDI leaders share their stories, tips 22 12th ACDIS Conference: Simply magical 29 Career ladders...Read More »
Recently, I got an inquiry from a new Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) holder who wanted to know what she’ll need to do to recertify. Answering her questions allots me the opportunity to share some tips with readers and refresh everyone on the...Read More »
