by Carolyn Riel According to the...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald When people talk about CDI’s effect on an organization’s health, often they are referring to the traditional CC...Read More »
by Carolyn Riel CDI teams have to work with other departments nearly daily in their line of work, be it the coding department, the...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald As the CDI profession has matured and expanded over the years, many CDI departments find themselves pulled down...Read More »
Q: Have any other institutions had frequent clinical validation denials regarding acute pulmonary insufficiency...Read More »
Earlier this summer, CMS resumed Medicare fee-for-service audits which had been suspended starting the end of March because of...Read More »
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Private insurers and employers paid 247% more than what Medicare would have for hospital services in 2018, according to...Read More »
by Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS
Every job is a learning experience, and I learned more than a few things during my tenure as a...Read More »
Lori Dellinger, BSN, RN, CCRN-K, CCDS, a CDI specialist at WellSpan Health Summit in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, a member of the Central Pennsylvania chapter of ACDIS, and a member of the 2020 CDI Week Committee, answered these questions.
