CDI Journal - Volume 7, Issue 3

Escalation policy addendum added to new AHIMA/ACDIS query practice brief

July 2, 2013
Education

Third-party regulatory agencies often question the clinical validity of a physician’s diagnosis. Most hospitals have had a Recovery Auditor deny a claim due to lack of documentation identifying supportive clinical indicators in the medical record. But until recently, CDI specialists and coders...Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 7, Issue 3

Council reminder: Take our 2025 Understanding the Physician Advisor survey now!

March 10, 2025
Leadership Council, Physician Advisors

At ACDIS, we recognize that the CDI world is constantly evolving, and physicians are playing greater roles in this arena than ever before. We’re looking to understand the nuances of physician advisors’ roles. For example, what are their primary responsibilities? Are they still practicing...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 7, Issue 3

Director’s Note: CDI, so much more than just reimbursement

July 1, 2013
ACDIS Guidance

Let’s face it: CDI is a large and growing profession in part because it increases hospital case-mix indexes and reimbursement. A good CDI program leads to accurate documentation of specific diagnoses, resulting in a more accurate representation of a patient’s severity of illness, and better...Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 7, Issue 3

New questions on CDI educators, second-level reviewers, and CMS 30-day star ratings

March 10, 2025
Ask ACDIS, Education, Leadership Council

One of the biggest benefits of Council membership is that it opens opportunities for collaboration and networking between members. You can always ask questions via the ACDIS Forum thread specifically for Council members...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 7, Issue 3

Meet a member: Brundages earn CCDS, expect first child

July 1, 2013
Education

Timothy N. Brundage, MD, CCDS, is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the principal of Brundage Medical Group, LLC (BMG). He has been a member of the ACDIS Advisory Board since 2011. He and his wife, Patty (a nurse practitioner who helps with CDI efforts of BMG), are...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 3

News: Big data dives set to highlight the importance of medical record clarity

January 31, 2013
News

On January 15, UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Mayo Clinic announced a new joint venture dubbed Optum Labs focused on joining data streams and handing them to researches to investigate how to improve healthcare and lower costs,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 3

News: AHA releases hospital underpayment, uncompensated care fact sheets

January 30, 2014
News
The American Hospital Association (AHA) released two fact sheets this month highlighting the plight of inadequate hospital reimbursements by the government. In one, the AHA states that Medicare and Medicaid underpaid...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 7, Issue 3

CDI goal: Documentation for the physician and the hospital

July 1, 2013
CDI Management

What is the goal of a CDI program? Most of the ones I see still focus on DRG optimization. We need to make the physicians allies of our CDI programs, and right now they are not. Instead, they are often targets of our queries. So how do you make the transition? By changing physician behavior one...Read More »

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