CDI Expansion

ACDIS is working on a credential for those specifically working in the outpatient arena—the Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist-Outpatient...Read More »

By Cathy Farraher, RN, BSN, MBA, CCCM, CCDS
At a recent meeting, my facility coders discussed that our special care nursery (SCN)...Read More »

There are 12,400 home health agencies which provided care to 4.9 million patients in 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...Read More »

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8 Proving investment returns for outpatient endeavors
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"I remember talking to some of the folks who work in CDI at conferences, and when I would ask them about psych units, none of them had CDI working...Read More »

By Amy Sanderson, MD
The term “dysphagia” has many synonyms used by providers in medical documentation. However, not all of these...Read More »

“HCCs [Hierarchical Condition Categories] aren’t just an ambulatory focus. This is inpatient and ambulatory, so it’s really important for [CDI...Read More »

For many, outpatient CDI is still a new frontier. An outpatient CDI effort might be kicked off by success on the inpatient side and some...Read More »

By Melissa Varnavas
I’m a third-generation Varnavas. Back when my great–grandparents emigrated here from Greece, good old doc...Read More »

By Anny Pang Yuen, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CDIP
Because healthcare is changing so rapidly, many CDI programs recognize the importance of...Read More »