by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS
Few things evoke such a visceral response from CDI professionals as the phrase “payer denial.” Organizations with which I am familiar deal with constantly increasing payer denial volumes and continually evolving denial strategies as...Read More »
Merle Zuel, RN, CCDS, is a CDI advisor at Kansas City VA Medical Center (KCVA) and an active member of ACDIS’ Kansas City chapter since 2018. He is a member of the 2020/2021 ACDIS CDI Leadership Council and earned his CCDS this year.
The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to reflect on the previous year, reminiscing over good times and bad. As the ACDIS team looks back over 2020 and ahead to 2021, we wanted to take a few moments to remind you of the topics and articles covered last year in the CDI Journal....Read More »
FEATURES 6 Starting out in CDI (B) 10 Case study: Taking physician education virtual (B, I, A) 15 Expanding your CDI department (A) 23 CDI...Read More »
By Linnea Archibald
The ACDIS team has been working remotely from home since March 16. At the time of this edition’s publication, we’ve been home for 169 days. Of course, the ACDIS team aren’t the only ones who’ve been social distancing and working remotely. As of ...Read More »
by Carolyn Riel
CDI professionals come to the field from a myriad of backgrounds. While ACDIS’ previous survey data shows that most of our members arrive at CDI from a clinical background beginning in bedside nursing, the ranks are filled out by those from coding/health...Read More »
Q: What’s the best way to approach CDI rounding with providers? We are considering implementing this practice and are looking at processes, outcomes, lessons learned, etc. Read More »
by Carolyn Riel
Each year when ACDIS conducts our annual membership survey, the number one concern CDI professionals tell us they struggle with is physician engagement and education. Without an engaged physician staff, CDI efforts will languish with unanswered queries and subpar...Read More »