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Webinar: Denial Prevention and Impact Analysis: Key Strategies to Implement within your Organization

April 30, 2019
Free Resources
Denials & Appeals, CDI Management, Policies & Procedures

Program Date & Time: Tuesday, April 30th at 1 pm ET

Acute care audits and denials are growing increasingly common and continue to consume coding and CDIS professional’s time in an already resource-limited world.  The definition of clinical validation means that...

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Denials Management: Leveraging CDI Expertise To Protect Revenue

April 17, 2019
Free Resources
Denials & Appeals, CDI Management, Policies & Procedures

Leadership research survey indicates growing role of CDI professionals in clinical validation, denials prevention, and clinical appeals

A national survey of 118 clinical documentation improvement (CDI) leaders,

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CDI documentation standards: A health system story

April 12, 2019
White Papers
Policies & Procedures, Education

This paper provides a case study of one organization’s record review process development and implementation. For more information about developing your own process, read the related 2018 ACDIS white paper “How to conduct a medical record review.”

Written by Kaitlin Loos, RN, BSN, and...

Guest post: Following ethical CDI practices

April 2, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 49
ACDIS Guidance, Policies & Procedures

By Cathy Farraher, RN, MBA, CCM, CCDS

Ethics. My favorite topic! Being a hopelessly optimistic and naïve person, I am often...Read More »

Guest post: Seven strategies to build an effective appeal process

March 26, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 45
Denials & Appeals, Policies & Procedures, Quality & Regulatory

by Denise Wilson, RN, MS, RRT, and Karla Hiravi, RN, BSN

Facility appeal writers must craft piles of appeals, with virtually no...Read More »

Q&A: Making the case for reviewing all payers

March 14, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 11
Ask ACDIS, Policies & Procedures

Q: Can someone help with creating a business case covering commercial...Read More »

News: Clinicians’ EHR workarounds pose patient safety and quality risk, study finds

March 14, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 11
News, Policies & Procedures

According to a new study published in PLOS One...Read More »

Guest column: Technology for a hybrid remote CDI network

March 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2
CDI Management, Policies & Procedures

By T. Nichole “Niki” Baca BS, BSN, RN, CCDS, and Sydni Johnson RN, BSN
In grade school, your teacher probably asked you to draw...Read More »

2019 update: Guidelines for achieving a compliant query practice

March 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2
Physician Queries, Policies & Procedures

Note: To read the complete version of the new query practice brief that includes sample queries and references,...Read More »

Note from the Advisory Board: Five questions to ask when considering prioritization software solutions

March 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2
ACDIS Guidance, Policies & Procedures

by Angie Curry, RN, BSN, CCDS
Achieving documentation integrity—which results in positive outcomes for everything from quality and...Read More »

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