By Marion Kruse, BSN, RN, MBA, and Jennifer Cavagnac, CCDS
The decision of when to query the physician represents an important aspect of the CDI program. In a perfect world, all cases would be reviewed within the first 24 hours of admission. However, due to staffing...Read More »
“When we look back even five to 10 years ago, CDI tools were really just seen as an extension of whatever coding was using or maybe just spreadsheets,” said Aaron Brauser, vice president of CDI solutions at M*Modal the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, on...Read More »
December Douglas, RN, CCDS, is a clinical documentation integrity specialist at Memorial Hermann Hospital, Texas Medical Center, in Houston, Texas.Read More »
Follow these steps to keep your verbal interactions brief and to respect not only the physician’s limited time but also his or her knowledge of the patient’s condition.Read More »
By Lori Drodge, RHIT, CCS
Ever find yourself thinking that you have too much work to do to find time to read and digest a recent publication of AHA’s Coding Clinic? If so, your hospital’s severity adjusted data could be suffering. All conditions that meet reportable...Read More »
Most CDI programs start the same way: looking for CCs and MCCs to maximize the DRG for reimbursement purposes. But, as programs matured over the last decade or so, that mission has necessarily changed. Due to the wide variety of program expansion areas, however, one program’s definition of “...Read More »
CDI professionals wishing to earn support from program administrators to attend the “ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI” may adapt the following proposal.Read More »
