As the financial tug-of-war continues, with government and private payers on one side and healthcare providers on the other, it can be difficult...Read More »
When it comes to tracking CDI program data, many facilities fall back on the information provided by their consultants,. But other CDI programs...Read More »
Retaining written, templated, and verbal queries in document form is necessary to ensure CDI compliance. In the current climate of regulatory...Read More »
When the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) hired Melanie Halpern, RN-BC, MBA, CCDS, CCRA, to implement a clinical...Read More »
A sound CDI program can’t be built on the needs of a single staff member, regardless of his or her qualifications, you have to build the business case for a flexible schedule based on the program’s overarching needs and the benefit of that role to the facility.
When Melanie Halpern, RN-BC, MBA, CCDS, CCRA, CDI manager at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)conducted interviews...Read More »
In response to a 30-question survey, 482 clinical documentation improvement (CDI) professionals provided data about the number of staff their programs employ, the number of queries their programs generate, and the number of chart reviews their staff perform. They offered information on the focus...
