Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, and Shannon McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CRC, CCDS, CCDS-O, HCS-D, will present “Eeeny-Meeny-Miney-Mo: Picking the First One is a No! The Pitfalls of Provider Self-Coding” on Day 1 of the...Read More »
Pre-order your copy of the 2020 ACDIS Pocket Guide now, and we'll enter you into a raffle to win one of five free registrations to the 2020 ACDIS Conference!Read More »
I don’t know about all you folks out there, but sometimes working in the trenches and doing chart reviews all day long can get a little bland…as bland as my light grey cubicle accentuated by the (not-so) glow of the florescent lighting down in the...Read More »
Alasha L. Hunt, RN, RT(R) CT, joined the CDI professional a little more than a year ago and works as a CDI specialist at Garrett Regional Medical Center in Oakland, Maryland. Though it’s more than three hours away, she plans to attend the annual Maryland ACDIS local chapter conference on...Read More »
In addition to the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting applicable to the inpatient code assignment and the ICD-10-CM/PCS code set, two sets of guidelines exist solely for evaluation and management (E/M) coding—...Read More »
To be successful CDI programs need to expand across the care continuum into the ambulatory and the post-acute care setting to capture all diseases and conditions that paint the picture of patient care.Read More »
There are many ways to fight a claim denial, but the first step is to decide to appeal. That’s why it’s important to have a dedicated denials management division and a denials management steering committee to provide oversight (as described in...Read More »
Faisal Hussain, MD, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, is the vice president of CDI solutions at Reventics, Inc. Hussain is based in Thompson Station, Tennessee, and is a member of the Tennessee chapter of ACDIS.Read More »
