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CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 3

Note from the Product Coordinator: Last chance to submit a poster or nominate a colleague!

January 19, 2023
ACDIS Guidance

by Karla Accorto

There is just over a week left to submit a poster to be displayed at the 2023 ACDIS national conference in Chicago. This is your chance to make your mark on the conference and show your peers how you and your CDI program have flourished.

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CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 3

Note from the associate editorial director: Addressing leaders’ unique needs

May 1, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management

by Linnea Archibald
Though it’s still a relatively new offering within ACDIS, the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council’s membership roster has grown to 300 members for the 2022/2023 term. In my opinion, one of the reasons the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 3

News: Quality requirements under SDoH health measure mandatory in 2024

January 19, 2023
Clinical & Coding, News, Quality & Regulatory

According to an RACmonitor ‘Monitor Mondays’ listener survey, most responders had not yet begun working on the quality requirements under the social drivers of the health (SDoH) measure despite its impending...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 3

Anatomy of a CDI project

May 1, 2023
CDI Management

by Jess Fluegel
Starting a CDI program at a hospital or health system is a huge undertaking. Luckily, over the past few decades since the industry’s inception, frontrunners have become experts in decoding the DNA of a successful CDI program. From sharing example queries and...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 3

News: Q3 Healthcare bankruptcy filings spiked 3 times higher than Q1 in 2022, research shows

January 19, 2023
News

Labor shortages, rising expenses, inflation, and the COVID-19 pandemic are all economic challenges that have contributed to an increase of large healthcare organization bankruptcy filings. In 2022, the number of fourth quarter large healthcare bankruptcy filings were nearly three times the...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 3

Guest column: Developing a mortality review process

May 1, 2023
CDI Management, Clinical & Coding

by Jennifer Kurian, BSN, RN, CCDS, in collaboration with Whitney Garcia, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, CRC
Over the past year and a half, our CDI team at The Queen’s Health System has had quite the journey in developing a collaborative effort to review all inpatient mortalities. Being the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 3

News: Almost $5M in revenue cycle documentation errors, according to OIG

January 19, 2023
Denials & Appeals, Clinical & Coding, News

In a recent report by the OIG, incorrect modifier usage led to an estimated $4.9 million in overpayments from 2017 to 2019. While investigating instances of incorrect co-surgery and assistant-at-surgery modifier usage, their...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 3

Guest column: Building and sustaining a hybrid CDI program

May 1, 2023
CDI Management

by Tamara A. Hicks, MHA, BSN, RN, CCS, CCDS, CCDS-O
Hybrid work models ballooned during the COVID-19 pandemic as both the public and private healthcare sectors struggled to meet patient care needs with limited staffing and increasingly stringent regulatory requirements. CDI...Read More »

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