With all the discussion regarding electronic health record (EHR) implementation, many CDI professionals worry that facilities pay little real...Read More »
Few managers have the luxury of hiring staff with concurrent record review experience. Thus, once you hire new staff, you need to determine how to...Read More »
As the financial tug-of-war continues, with government and private payers on one side and healthcare providers on the other, it can be difficult...Read More »
When it comes to tracking CDI program data, many facilities fall back on the information provided by their consultants,. But other CDI programs...Read More »
Retaining written, templated, and verbal queries in document form is necessary to ensure CDI compliance. In the current climate of regulatory...Read More »
When the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) hired Melanie Halpern, RN-BC, MBA, CCDS, CCRA, to implement a clinical...Read More »
A sound CDI program can’t be built on the needs of a single staff member, regardless of his or her qualifications, you have to build the business case for a flexible schedule based on the program’s overarching needs and the benefit of that role to the facility.
