Dr. Ronald Hirsch inspired this article – months ago, he asked me to look at a publication from Livanta and comment on it. Livanta is
There has been growing interest in the intersection of utilization review (UR) and clinical documentation integrity (CDI). With greater recent changes, such as more UR
Are all myocardial infarctions (MIs) created equal? Let’s take a look at demand ischemia, non-ischemic myocardial injury, and type 2 myocardial infarctions. According to ACDIS,
This is the last installment in my debrief about the annual ACDIS Conference held last month in Chicago. Trey La Charité, Medical Director for Clinical
Today I’m going to continue my exploration of what I learned at the annual Association of Clinical Documentation Specialists (ACDIS) Conference last month in Chicago.
Today and in two weeks, I am going to share some tips I picked up at the ACDIS National Conference in Chicago, May 9 through11.
One of the many management topics at the conference of the Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) is having written CDI policies and procedures
Providers would benefit from heeding the advice of the newly updated file. The Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) and the American Health Information
The updated guidelines were developed jointly by AHIMA and ACDIS. The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), in collaboration with Simplify Compliance’s Association of Clinical
The CDI is more than diagnosis capture through the query process. The Association for Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) recently released a paper titled Proactive
The author shares highlights from the annual conference. I am going to continue my series on what you should know from the sessions I attended
The author shares highlights from the annual conference. I am continuing my reporting on tidbits I learned at the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists
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