Over the years, CDI professionals have been tasked with more and more responsibilities. This increase in scope can be linked to the general expansion and transition of healthcare from quantity-based to quality-based reimbursement, but also simply to the fact that CDI programs have proved...
CDI departments across the country are playing a more critical role in healthcare than ever before. With greater responsibility carries greater challenges for CDI Leaders and their teams.
“In order to rise to these challenges, we must consider what we can do — both on the front and...
Today’s guests are Mary Rogers, CCS, CRC, COC, CPC, CCDS-O, supervisor of CDI, professional practices, and Patricia Swierczynski, RN, CRC, CCDS, CCDS-O, manager...
In Advancing CDI with Technology, published by ACDIS in June 2021, clinical documentation integrity (CDI) departments have found that enabling technology increases productivity, frees up time for more complex reviews, and streamlines workflows. As CDI programs grapple with staffing constraints...
This sample trifold was provided by Jera Van Damme, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, senior clinical documentation educator at Essentia Health in Duluth, Minnesota.
This sample has been reviewed and approved by the Forms & Tools...
People often think the Diversity in CDI Award is only looking for CDI departments exemplifying racial diversity. But the Diversity and Inclusion...Read More »
CDI Program Expansion: Journey into LTAC Debbie Breton, RN, BSN, CCDS, ACM, CDI team lead, and Kimberly Higgins, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDI regional manager from AdventHealth in Tampa, Florida
Session attendees will learn how AdventHealth expanded from short-term...
Vascular Surgery & CDI: The Fantastic Voyage Johanne “Jo” Brautigam, BSN, RN, CCDS, and Joe Lintz, BSN, BS, RN, CCDS, Roper St. Francis Healthcare in Charleston, South Carolina
Learn how to align the worlds of CDI, coding, and vascular surgery in this...
Advancing CDI into Academia: Multi-Institutional Research Collaboration Wendy Arafiles, MD, FAAP, medical director of CDI at Phoenix (Arizona) Children’s Hospital, and Amy Sanderson, MD, pediatric intensivist at Boston Children’s Hospital
The field of CDI is...
