Changing payment models and the push for quality metrics and all-payer reviews are among the bigger shifts impacting clinical documentation integrity (CDI) programs in 2020. With such disruption, CDI leaders face an important question: What
This sample query escalation procedure was provided by Tonia Catapano, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, RHIA, director of coding and CDI at Yale New Haven (Connecticut) Health.
This sample was examined and approved by the Resource Library Committee
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently published a checklist to help physician practices transition to the new evaluation and management...Read More »
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and other hospital groups filed a lawsuit December 4 challenging CMS’ hospital price transparency final...Read More »
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its clinical guidance for diagnosing and treating electronic cigarette- or vaping-...Read More »
In January of 2019 the Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) issued a national survey to leaders of CDI departments, including supervisors, managers, and directors, with the aim of getting quality data on three important initiatives affecting the CDI profession....
