CDI Management

Getting Back to Grass Roots: How to Maintain CDI Critical Thinking in an AI/NLP Environment
Kristie Alexander, RN, CCDS, CDI manager, and Jacqueline Melsha, MBA-HM, RN, RHIA, CCDS, CDI analyst, at Texas Health Resources in Houston and Arlington, Texas
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The Team Approach to Denials: The Best Defense Is a Good Offense
Christi Drum, RN, CCDS, CCS, clinical appeals team lead, clinical validation and coding, and Garnette McLaughlin, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CHDA, CHPS, CICA, senior director of strategic operations and
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Data as a Catalyst to CDI Program Performance and Physician Engagement: A Four-Step Approach
Kaycie LeSage, MSHCM, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CPC, performance outcomes manager at 3M, Health Information Services Division in Metairie, Louisiana, and Carrie Willmer, RN, CCDS, CCDS-...

Shifting Gears: The Value of Concurrent CDI Audits
Shawn MacPhee, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, corporate director of CDI for McLaren Health Care based in Grand Blanc, Michigan
Examine the benefits of shifting from retrospective, post-bill CDI educational audits to a...

Assert Yourself
Laurie L. Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, interim director of ACDIS at HCPro in Middleton, Massachusetts
No matter the message, assertive communication can help ensure that message gets received. In contrast to passive or...

There’s No Place Like Home: Remote CDI
Autumn L. Reiter, MBA, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CCS, vice president of CDI services and tech enablement for CorroHealth, and Laura J. Werner, DC, MSN, RN, CDIP, CSS, senior director of CDI for Huron serving Adventist Health in El...

Provider organizations are increasingly adopting computer-assisted physician documentation (CAPD) and artificial intelligence (AI) for Clinical Documentation Integrity, providing physicians with efficient, real-time support as they document in the EHR.

Still, long-term success, including...

In a recent survey by ACDIS, 186 respondents—including CDI managers, directors, supervisors, and leads, most of whom report to finance, HIM/coding, and quality—open the door to these trends with a closer look at strategic partnerships, AI investments, top priorities, and staffing level impacts...