ACDIS Guidance

Outpatient has been the buzzword in CDI circles for some time now, leading to increased resources for the expansion (such as the first annual...Read More »

by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS
In 2015, I wrote 44 appeal letters challenging DRG validation/coding denials. In 2016...Read More »

Every CDI program needs to respond to certain common physician criticisms and questions: everything from physician complaints about their lack of...Read More »

By Melissa Varnavas
There’s a photo of my mom and dad from the winter of 2015, snow piles towering over them on either side. That...Read More »

Everyone working in CDI knows that the job would be much easier without physician pushback—but that’s an unrealistic pipe dream, it seems. Year...Read More »

FEATURES
7 The creepy-crawlies: Avoiding CDI scope creep
11 The buck stops here: CDI escalation policies
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What’s a CDI specialist to do when queries go answered? What if a physician has a backlog of unanswered queries from three weeks prior? Or what if...Read More »

By Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC
One pitfall many CDI professionals face is one I faced myself in my early years. As...Read More »

Formerly known as Recovery Audit Contractors, the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 created Recovery Auditors to identify Medicare...Read More »

Editor’s note: There are more than 40 local chapters and networking groups...Read More »