CDI Strategies - Volume 9, Issue 9

Q&A: Chart reviews for new CDI specialists

April 30, 2015
Ask ACDIS

Q: Do you have any advice or guidance on how to conduct chart reviews for beginners in CDI? I am looking for specific strategies and approaches that might help our program, such as viewing labs first, or looking at emergency room (ER) notes, or history and physical notes (H&P)?Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 9, Issue 8

Feature: Set and assess core competencies continuously

February 8, 2016
Education

by Sylvia Hoffman, RN, CCDS, CCDI, CDIP

The job description for a clinical documentation improvement (CDI) specialist involves more than simply leaving queries. The role takes many different forms, however, standard competency elements do exist—competencies CDI staff...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 9, Issue 8

Associate Director's Note: Top 10 lists

April 16, 2015
ACDIS Guidance

We all love a good contest. We all want to know which city will earn the “best place to live,” which hospital will earn accolades as US News & World Report’s “best” of whichever category—children’s, cancer treatment, location. We all want...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 9, Issue 8

Local Chapter Update: April showers bring May meetings

April 16, 2015
News

The ACDIS local chapter/networking calendar for April filled up quickly and May meetings are set to cover a wide variety of educational hot topics, particularly early in the month with four chapter meetings taking place on May 1. For additional information, visit the local chapter page on the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 9, Issue 8

Conference Update: Top 5 reasons you should attend the 2015 ACDIS Conference; Speaker Q&A

April 16, 2015
CDI Management

We’re less than six weeks away from our annual conference! Here are the top five reasons you should attend the 2015 ACDIS Conference, and a preview of one of the sessions. Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 9, Issue 8

News: SGR passes without ICD-10 amendments; Survey says repeated delays hampered ICD-10 preparation; CMS notes another successful acknowledgment testing week

April 16, 2015
News, Policies & Procedures, Quality & Regulatory

At 11:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 14, Congress passed the Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), which effectively eliminated the more than 17-year battle over cuts to physician reimbursement associated with the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR).Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 9, Issue 8

News: CDI growth-a 10,000 foot view

April 16, 2015
News

Today (Thursday, April 16) at 1 p.m., Eastern the American Hospital Association (AHA) joins Executive Health Resources (EHR) to review CDI trends across the country in a webcast on the AHA website.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 9, Issue 8

Q&A: Mentioning SOI/ROM and support level of care in queries

April 16, 2015
Ask ACDIS

Q: Is the statement “please document in a progress note to capture the severity of illness (SOI), risk of mortality (ROM) and care needed for this patient” appropriate to use in a query? In general, is it appropriate to mention SOI/ROM and support level of care and profiling when querying...Read More »

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