This white paper, written by ACDIS Advisory Board member Wendy DeVreugd, RN, BSN, PHN, FNP, CCDS, MBA, provides an overview of long-term acute care hospitals and how they differ from short-term acute care hospitals, with an emphasis on important differences in coding, reimbursement, and quality...
After three years’ worth of frustration and postponements ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation seems to have been much ado about nothing (to quote...Read More »
Catholic Health Services of Long Island (CHS) started its CDI program at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn, New York, back in 2006. For anyone who’s...Read More »
When it comes to dinner-party small talk, CDI professionals often struggle to find an easy sound-bite explanation to the role they play within the...Read More »
The electronic health record (EHR) has been a game-changer for CDI specialists. Information that was once buried in storage and hard to access is now at the fingertips of physicians and CDI specialists, leading to a more detailed reference and a richer picture of a patient’s medical history....
This week clinical documentation specialists around the country have been touting, extoling, celebrating their efforts and spreading the word...Read More »
As part of the fifth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics.
As part of the fifth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics.
