If you are unable to see the message below,
click here to view.
CMS and the OIG will conduct a study to assess inpatient hospital billing due to unspecified upcoding in hospital billing.
|
|
Note from the Instructor | CDI is a larger responsibility than we give it credit for | By Allen Frady, RN-BSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC Our lives as CDI specialists revolve around largely repetitive work. Our time is spent on indicators, numbers, data, crunching and parsing opposing viewpoints. It’s safe to say that it isn’t exactly creating a piece of craftsmanship we can sell as a work of art or exhibit in a display case. Others save the world, climb mountains, invent life changing technology, or find a way to peer into our soul and show us something within ourselves we didn’t even know existed. CDI specialists review records and walk a daily tightrope between reporting clinical accuracy and reporting correct resource utilization. Yet, we must work to ensure that we perform our roles at a previously unachieved level of excellence. |
| |
| Contact Us | Linnea Archibald Editor ACDIS larchibald@acdis.org Carrie Dry National Sales Manager ACDIS cdry@hcpro.com Association for Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists 35 Village Road, Suite 200 Middleton, MA, 01949 800-650-6787 www.acdis.org | |
|
|
|