CDI Expansion

It is hard to believe that the first-ever Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Week is now little more than a pleasant memory for most. It was...Read More »

With the advent of Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC), which review both Part A (hospital) and Part B (physician) billing, payers are now...Read More »

by Robert S. Gold, MD

Even experienced and consistently accurate acute care hospital coders may not be familiar with pediatric...Read More »

Q: Do you recommend carving out time for outpatient [documentation] review, or dedicating someone to this role?

A...Read More »

by Melissa Varnavas

While the majority of CDI programs report to the director of HIM, a good number (27%, according to the 2010...Read More »

While the majority of CDI programs report to the director of HIM, a good number (27%,according to the 2010 CDI Program Benchmarking Report) fall...Read More »

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

I feel like saying a little bit about why we do what we do, or at least why I do...Read More »

by Shelia Bullock, RN, BSN, MBA, CCM, CCDS

If you are from the South, football is all that matters. I grew up in Alabama and now...Read More »

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 »