CMS detailed seven shortcomings, including old and inadequate policies and procedures, in its 2009 audits of healthcare organizations to determine...Read More »
According to the 2010 Physician Query Benchmarking Report (to be released later this month) 54% of the more than 300 respondents said they...Read More »
At Emerson Hospital in Concord, MA, CDI Specialist Patty Spry, RN, snuck in a little physician education for congestive heart failure (CHF) by including important clinical standards on the reverse side of the facility’s standard CHF query form.
Although AHIMA’s October 2008 practice brief “Managing an Effective Query Process” clearly states that the agency intended the article as guidance...Read More »
In our second Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) membership survey, we take a look at CDI specialists’ compensation, their program structure, and their relative experience, education, and geographic locations. In 2008, a total of 132 individuals completed the...
