Join ACDIS Director Brian Murphy for the final two ACDIS Radio programs of 2016 on Wednesday, December 14, at 11:30 a.m., eastern for a case study of the CDI program at LifePoint Health "Standardizing CDI across 60+ facilities" and on Wednesday, December 28 for a discussion of the new ACDIS...Read More »
Throughout the past few months, the ACDIS administration has been fortunate enough to visit with Patricia Barry, CDI manager for Cape Cod Health at Falmouth Hospital in Massachusetts, and with the CDI team at Beverly (MA) Hospital (shoutout to Cheryl Beaulieu, Debra Womersley, Kathy McDiarmid,...Read More »
You can’t manage what you don’t understand. So, the first step in any effective denials management program is to develop an understanding of the what constitutes a denial, as well as the different types of denials and their contributing causes.
The ACDIS advisory board recently announced a new timeline for applications and elections to serve on the board. Beginning in 2017, the application period will open in mid-January. Candidates will have three weeks to complete their application. A committee will...Read More »
As the coordinator for the Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) exam program, lots of folks ask me for CCDS exam prep tips. But I’m not a CDI professional—I don’t even play one on television—so I asked our CDI Education Director and Boot Camp...Read More »
With the help of our hospital quality improvement (QI) committees, we can take action to restore the integrity of the discharge summary. Consider the following:
