Last week’s Talk10Tuesday podcast featured...Read More »
By Brian D. Murphy
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Every year, facilities across the country celebrate the efforts of their CDI teams for one week in September. Though ACDIS believes CDI...Read More »
Alma Yap, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, is an inpatient clinical documentation specialist at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in...Read More »
By Cheryl Manchenton, RN, BSN From a bird’s–eye view, your CDI program may be a well-oiled machine. CDI specialists pose queries,...Read More »
Because of payers’ propensity for denials, facilities need to have a process in place for managing denials’ root causes on the front end and...Read More »
Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS Appeal writing, like most things in a hospital, is a learned skill. Keeping things...Read More »
By Tamara A. Hicks, RN, BSN, MHA, CCS, CCDS, ACM-RN The old adage, “the best defense is a good offense,” comes to mind when I think...Read More »
By Janie L. Brown, RN Denied. It’s a word that no one wants to hear in any context. In healthcare, it’s a heavily weighted word. It...Read More »
By Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCDS
Before the first word of an appeal is ever written, review the denial chart thoroughly...Read More »
