CDI Expansion

by Sam Antonios, MD, FACP, FHM, CPE, CCDS

Over the last 18–24 months, health- care organizations have seen a surge in MS-DRG...Read More »

Editor’s note: “ACDIS Radio” is a biweekly free webinar featuring ACDIS Director Brian Murphy with case study presentations...Read More »

The new year always represents a time to reflect on successes of the past and opportunities for the future. This year, according to the ancient...Read More »

CDI specialists can pretty much come from any background in the medical field—from physicians, to nurses, to coders, and everything in between....Read More »

by Robert J. Thomas, BSN, RN, PHN

I attended nursing school at a four-year university that included classes in nursing history and...Read More »

In its 2013 position paper, “Electronic Health Records and the Role of the CDI Specialist,” members of the ACDIS Advisory Board addressed several...Read More »

By Jocelyn E. Murray, RN, CCDS

I am not the first CDI consultant to recognize some essential changes needed in the current CDI...Read More »

CMS released its list of quality measures under consideration (MUC) in November and the National Quality Forum’s (NQF) Measure Applications...Read More »

CMS made certain concessions from its proposed site-neutral payment policies required by Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act, but it is still...Read More »

by Rose T. Dunn, MBA, RHIA, CPA, FACHE, FHFMA, CHPS

The coding function would not exist if there were no physician documentation...Read More »