Conference Q&A: ‘CDI Career Ladder’

May 10, 2012
CDI Blog - Volume 5, Issue 19
Ask ACDIS, CDI Management

Editor’s Note: This post is part of an ongoing series of Q&As with presenters and participants from the ...Read More »

Assess remote options, software contracts, and work flow processes to save

December 1, 2011
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 59
CDI Management

No industry or profession is immune to the budget crunch. Unfortunately, many departments fall ­into a routine, neglect to assess costs, and

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Guest Post: Saluting leadership that both challenges and supports staff

October 12, 2011
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 47
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management

by Linda Renee Brown, RN, MA, CCDS, CCS, CDIP

I almost didn’t become a nurse. I was almost booted out of nursing school. For...Read More »

Use baseline DRG, CMI as metrics for success, with caution

October 1, 2011
CDI Journal - Volume 5, Issue 4
CDI Management

by Jonathan Elion, MD, FACC
Inappropriate use of baseline metrics may be inadvertent,but it can result in reports that show an...Read More »

Tip: What color is your PEPPER?

September 29, 2011
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 20
CDI Management, Quality & Regulatory

The quarterly reports issued by the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER)contain large amounts of data on how a...Read More »

2011 CDI Week Q&A: Career Advancement

September 18, 2011
Q&As

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.

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Guest Post: Defining expertise, determining professional advancement

July 20, 2011
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 32
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management, CDI Expansion

by Donald A. Butler

I have a question for all of the CDI professionals who feel they have achieved a genuine level of expertise (...Read More »

Column: Defining 'failed' CDI programs

July 7, 2011
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 14
CDI Management

I previously started a conversation on CDI Talk entitled “Failed Programs,” hoping there might be someone willing to divulge an account of how and...Read More »

Guest Post: Finding a definition for failed CDI programs

June 6, 2011
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 26
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management

by Donald A. Butler

In March, I started a conversation on CDI Talk...Read More »

News: Hospital quality ratings sites fall short, study says

May 26, 2011
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 11
News, CDI Management

“Publicly marketed hospital rating systems of surgical quality such as the US News & World Report ‘America's Best Hospitals’ and HealthGrades...Read More »

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