CDI is a mix of three categories blended into one, according to Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CCDS, CDIP, CDI education specialist with ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. These three categories are:
The first week of the month is typically the time when ACDIS CDI Education Director Laurie Prescott and I spend with our PROPELCDI clients during their regular educational calls. It’s always heartwarming when an attendee expresses...Read More »
Coral Fernandez, RN, CCDS, CCS, is a CDI auditor/educator at Baptist Health System, and a co-chair of the ACDIS CDI educators networking group. She’s been in the CDI field for 20 years, spending the first 16 as a CDI specialist before moving into her current role four years ago.Read More »
The ACDIS Provider Engagement Series is chugging along with more great content. We hope you’ve been taking advantage of it right along, but in case you’ve missed what the ACDIS advisory board has been working on the past several months I thought I’d provide a...Read More »
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a set of strategies to lower the EHR burdens on clinicians to help them “focus their attention on patients rather than paperwork.”
The report, required by the 21st Century Cures Act, was developed by the Office of the...Read More »
In the outpatient setting, CDI teams face many challenges—physicians’ fast-paced schedule, varying coding rules, and a different clinical focus from traditional inpatient efforts. CDI professionals may find themselves at a loss for how to approach the query process and physician education....Read More »
It’s always nice to hear about how local events are going. Last week, we heard from Carmen Ibarrondo, Revenue Cycle Management Director at Inmediata Health Integrated Solutions in Puerto Rico (PR) about her efforts to expand the island’s interest in CDI efforts. Ibarrondo, and her...Read More »
