CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 1

All on the same team: Avenues for collaboration between CDI and the case management department

January 1, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

CDI professionals often work with physicians and coders, but record reviews also lend themselves to collaboration with case management. Part of a case manager’s job is to look at documentation in the medical record from the standpoint of medical necessity, meaning the justification for the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 1

ACDIS update: Submit your CDI stories and tips to the CDI Journal

January 3, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

If one of your New Year’s resolutions was to get more involved with CDI and ACDIS, we have a suggestion for you: The Journal is ACDIS’ bimonthly publication which includes regulatory information, news, clinically-based articles, case studies, and membership profiles. Many of those...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 1

ACDIS update: Submit your CDI stories and tips to the CDI Journal

January 3, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

If one of your New Year’s resolutions was to get more involved with CDI and ACDIS, we have a suggestion for you: The Journal is ACDIS’ bimonthly publication which includes regulatory information, news, clinically-based articles, case studies, and membership profiles. Many of those...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 1

Guest column: The effect of pediatric mortality reviews

January 1, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

By Julian Everett, BSN, RN, CDIP
I clearly remember the day my director told me I’d be reviewing our pediatric mortality cases. I didn’t know where to begin, and our pediatric CDI program was only a year old. Before I could start tackling the problem, I had to learn as much about...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 1

Local chapter update: Leaders look to plan 2019 calendars

January 3, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. If you have an upcoming event you would like to include, please email Melissa Varnavas (mvarnavas@acdis.org) and Linnea Archibald (...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 1

Local chapter tips: Financial planning basics required for first steps

January 1, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

With more than 40 local chapters, networking groups, and even international CDI efforts related to ACDIS, some are surprised to learn that there is no direct financial relationship between the national organization and these component groups.Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 1

Guest column: Office visit E/M documentation requirements eased

January 1, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, Outpatient CDI

by Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, and Cynthia Tang, RHIA, CCS
In response to providers’ complaints of burdensome regulatory documentation, CMS proposed in July 2018 to reduce the number of evaluation and management (E/M) levels to two and reduce documentation requirements for...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 1

Radio recap: Building a dream team for core CDI practices

January 1, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management

A quarter of respondents call their CDI program’s relationship with coding “fair” or “poor” according to a September 26, 2018, ACDIS Radio episode. Despite being called the bridge between the coding and clinical worlds, CDI professionals frequently need to build or repair their relationship with...Read More »

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