Denials & Appeals

It used to come annually. Every October, compliance officers across the country would delve into its pages to determine what the Office of the...Read More »

by Linnea Archibald

Typically, CDI specialists’ work happens before the bill drops, while the patient is in the hospital or...Read More »

by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS
Few things evoke such a visceral response from CDI professionals as the phrase “payer...Read More »

by Linnea Archibald
When people talk about CDI’s effect on an organization’s health, often they are referring to the traditional CC...Read More »

by Anneleah Williams-Bridges, MS, MBCA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS, RH-CBS, LIA
Until recently, many organizations have solely used...Read More »

by Linnea Archibald
As the CDI profession has matured and expanded over the years, many CDI departments find themselves pulled down...Read More »

The following Q&A is an abbreviated transcript of the...Read More »

by Carolyn Riel
CDI teams have to work with other departments nearly daily in their line of work, be it the coding department, the...Read More »

by Carolyn Riel
Payers deny claims on a wide variety of grounds, but it’s no secret that certain diagnoses seem to be frequent...Read More »