Kathie McAlexander, RN, CCDS, works at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi, and has been in the CDI field since 2002.Read More »
People are human. This goes for clinicians, coders, and for CDI personnel. Mistakes happen. If left unchecked, however, mistakes become habits. Effective CDI programs understand this and take appropriate steps to ensure occasional...Read More »
FEATURES 8 Proving investment returns for outpatient endeavors 16 Inpatient psychiatric facilities: A whole new world 24 CDI in home healthcare focuses on educationRead More »
By Melissa Varnavas
I’m a third-generation Varnavas. Back when my great–grandparents emigrated here from Greece, good old doc Fullerton used to come around and care for the family when they were sick. Back then, no doubt, he’d soothe their aches, offer advice, and prescribe what...Read More »
CMS plans to launch a new voluntary bundled payment model—the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced)—to “improve quality of care, coordination, and...Read More »
By Anny Pang Yuen, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CDIP
Because healthcare is changing so rapidly, many CDI programs recognize the importance of expanding their existing programs to cover areas that may be new to the majority of CDI specialists. As healthcare reimbursement shifts from fee-for-...Read More »
Q: If an uncertain diagnosis is only documented by a consultant consistently through the medical record, including in the last progress note, and is left out of the discharge summary, should that diagnosis be coded?Read More »
