Leadership research survey indicates rapid expansion, despite operational obstacles
Clinical documentation integrity (CDI) was born in the acute care inpatient setting, with most CDI departments focusing on diagnosis clarifications impacting MS-DRG assignment, present...
ACDIS received more than 600 responses to our annual CDI Week Industry Survey. We've compiled the numbers to highlight popular trends across the industry and provide helpful pointers for professionals in all stages of their outpatient CDI journeys.
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As the healthcare industry moves to value-based payment programs, the dollars are tighter and the need for collaboration among clinicians, Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) specialists, and coders grows
In some respects, the hurdles facing clinical documentation improvement (CDI) program managers/directors mirror those of CDI staff. Like staff, these leaders strive for physician engagement, juggle competing...
As CDI professionals increasingly interrogate the medical record for documentation regarding a host of complicated measures along with DRG assurance, concurrent coding efforts aim to more closely align CDI and coding in real time, allowing each member of the team to...
Like all reporting structures, CMS updates its Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) list each year. Recently, version 23 was released, and it contains some notable additions that CDI professionals—whether inpatient or outpatient—must be aware of.
