Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Need-to-know information for outpatient CDI expansion

July 25, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 31
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Education, Outpatient CDI

By Melissa Varnavas

For roughly five years now, the CDI industry has toyed with various ideas about what constitutes an “...Read More »

Guest post: Implications of population health directives for inpatient coding and CDI

July 23, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 102
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

by Adriane Martin, DO, FACOS, CCDS

Coding and CDI professionals who skimmed through the fiscal year...Read More »

Symposium spotlight: Take the HCC plunge with Pinson

July 22, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 101
Ask ACDIS, CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding, Outpatient CDI

Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, will present “A Deep Dive into HCCs” on Day 1 of the...Read More »

Summer reading: Hiring pediatric CDI specialists

July 19, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 100
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

Hiring CDI specialists is, of course, an integral piece in the puzzle to building a successful pediatric CDI program. Unfortunately, there is a...Read More »

CDI in home health

July 17, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

With special guests Caryl Liptak, MSHAI, RHIA, system director of CDI and coding at Baptist Health System in Louisville, Kentucky, and Regene’ Collier, RN-BC, BSN, COS-C,...

Summer reading: Tools of the denials steering committee’s trade

July 12, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 99
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Denials & Appeals

by Chris Simons, MS, RHIA

Facilities looking to establish or improve their denials management program should consider implementing...Read More »

Symposium spotlight: Get a symposium sneak peek by viewing the full agenda today

July 11, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 29
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Education, Outpatient CDI

The full agenda for...Read More »

ACDIS update: Paper on CDI in a changing healthcare landscape published

July 11, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 29
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

Healthcare is rapidly changing, however, and the CDI profession will change with it. ACDIS’ newest position paper, “...Read More »

Q&A: Congenital conditions and outpatient billing

July 9, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 98
Ask ACDIS, CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

Q: I’m doing a pilot program related to missed query opportunities in ED cases and I have a question about...Read More »

Summer reading: Why is outpatient CDI necessary?

July 5, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 96
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

By Anny Yuen, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CDIP, and Page Knauss, BSN, RN, LNC, ACM, CPC, CDEO

Advancements in medicine and technology shifted...Read More »

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