CDI Expansion

After four years of studying the intricacies of the medical transcription industry, Gary C. David, PhD, associate professor of sociology and...Read More »

by Glenn Krauss, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPUR, C-CDI, CCDS

While riding the gondola at Snowbasin ski area last week in Utah, I had the...Read More »

by Fran Jurcak, RN, MSN, CCDS

So you’ve been trudging along with your program; the numbers look good to fair, and when you speak...Read More »

by Darice M. Grzybowski, MA, RHIA, FAHIMA

It’s the end of the year, and many of us have been on the fast track to EHRs and EDMS...Read More »

by Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCDS

Approximately 11% of Medicare beneficiaries are now enrolled in private managed care...Read More »

by Jonathan L. Elion, MD, FACC

The value of a new technology is often not understood for many years after its invention. For example...Read More »

Only 1.5% of the nearly 3,000 nonfederal hospitals in the United States reported the use of a comprehensive electronic medical record (EMR) system...Read More »

by Glenn Krauss, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPUR, C-CDI, CCDS

CDI as pointed out by AHIMA in their...Read More »

CMS requires that orders for healthcare services be authenticated using either a handwritten or electronic signature. CMS has made it clear that...Read More »