By Anny Yuen, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CDIP, and Page Knauss, BSN, RN, LNC, ACM, CPC, CDEO
Advancements in medicine and technology shifted a variety of services that were once solely performed in the inpatient setting to the outpatient setting. The Medicare Payment Advisory Committee’s...Read More »
Industry expert Joe Osentoski reimbursement recovery and appeals director at Quality in Real Time (QIRT) in Troy, Michigan, answered a few questions on why solid documentation is so crucial in home health. He will be taking a deeper dive into documentation and avoiding claims denials during his...Read More »
If your hospital owns or works with a home health agency, or if you as a CDI professional are involved in efforts to improve continuity of care and accuracy of reimbursement through improved accuracy of physician/clinician documentation related to home healthcare, please complete...Read More »
By Tracy Boldt, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, and Ellen Jantzer, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC
Developing and maintaining a good working relationship requires a lot of effort regardless of whether the CDI team works in the inpatient or outpatient setting. A strong team is built on respect and...Read More »
If you’ve been thinking about applying for the new Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist-Outpatient (CCDS-O) certification, we’re accepting exam applications now.
The exam committee is busy finalizing questions that will appear on the...Read More »
Outpatient CDI has been compared to the “wild west,” and with good reason. It reminds me very much of what the old days of this country were like, when there were wide open frontiers to be explored, gold to be mined, land to be claimed, and a mad rush to get...Read More »
While our friends are busy sunning themselves and soaking in the educational opportunities in Orlando at the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI this week, we don’t want our readers at home to miss out.Read More »
