Many of you know and love the CDI Pocket Guide, our annual reference resource that many CDI departments consider indispensable. So this week we’re asking, how do you use your CDI Pocket Guide?Read More »
Documentation improvement efforts related to denials management and audit prevention feel a lot like a trip through Alice’s looking glass, too. The list of auditing agencies alone can make CDI specialists feel like they’ve fallen into an alternative universe:...Read More »
There’s still time to honor that special colleague who helped make a difference at your facility, someone who made significant contributions to the CDI field, or is an outspoken advocate of CDI! The deadline for ACDIS Achievement Award nominations has been extended to Friday, February 17, 2017...Read More »
By Tamara A. Hicks, RN, BSN, MHA, CCS, CCDS, ACM-RN
The old adage, “the best defense is a good offense,” comes to mind when I think about the role of CDI in audit defense. Our job is to improve documentation. A number of positive outcomes result from clinical documentation work...Read More »
The 2017 Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guidelines to be published in the March 2017 issue of Critical Care Medicine have adopted the 2016 Sepsis-3 definition of...Read More »
Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS
Appeal writing, like most things in a hospital, is a learned skill. Keeping things simple, both in terms of the arguments constructed and the language used in the letters themselves, will prevent you from creating horrific monstrosities...Read More »
No matter how thorough the documentation, no matter how precise the coding, denials still haunt the halls of most facilities. While many facilities have a denials department handling all appeals, others incorporate physician advisors and CDI professionals into the equation. Differing...Read More »
By Janie L. Brown, RN
Denied. It’s a word that no one wants to hear in any context. In healthcare, it’s a heavily weighted word. It means that, in spite of our best efforts to provide excellent care to our patients and to document that care appropriately, we are not receiving...Read More »
