There are a number of ways to get CDI information into the hands of your facility’s physicians. The following list offers a number of suggestions...Read More »
It did not take Bonnie I. Epps, MN, RN, manager of the CDI department at Emory Healthcare, Inc., in Atlanta,long to realize that staff physicians...Read More »
The attached Word document offers quick documentation improvement tips for specifying the acuity and type of heart failure. Created by Cindy Ulrich, RN, MSN, this document can be printed out and hung in physician common areas or documentation rooms.
As part of the first Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Juanita B. Seel, RN, CCDS, supervisor of documentation integrity at Greenville (SC) Hospital Center...
CDI specialists are in general optimistic about the growth of the profession, but not necessarily within their own departments; aren’t involved all that much in RAC defense; use CMI as their primary metric for success; and have found electronic queries beneficial, even though their hospitals are slow to adopt the new technology. Following is an overview of the survey results and Kennedy’s commentary.
JA Thomas expanded its CDI offerings to include the ED and other points of entry roughly two years ago, says Mel Tully, MSN, CCDS, senior...Read More »
Attached is CMS Transmittal 2246, which lists pending new, revised, and discontinued ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes for fiscal year (FY) 2012. CMS lists coding changes its web site on an annual basis. CDI...
