Three Top Focus Areas for a Second-Level Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Review Team

A few of the reasons for second-level review opportunities could be timing of the CDI professional’s review.
A few of the reasons for second-level review opportunities could be timing of the CDI professional’s review.
Composing a compliant query is the most important task for the querying professional.
When a CDI audit is in a facility’s future, several factors should be considered for a smooth and successful outcome.
Once a CDI professional’s clinical skills are at an expert level, their coding expertise must follow suit.
As its importance was realized, CDI expanded from a single setting reimbursement focus to a quality based, multiple setting focus…
Blog by David Reece, BSN, RN, CCDS, Consulting Director, Outpatient CDI Solutions, MedPartners University Starting an Outpatient Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) program can be a daunting task, but deciding who the best fit for staffing the program is can be challenging as well.
Blog by David Reece, BSN, RN, CCDS, Consulting Director, Outpatient CDI Solutions, MedPartners University Starting an Outpatient Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) program can be an overwhelming task and you may find yourself asking, where do I start? Defining outpatient CDI in of itself is a topic many people have been talking about for awhile now.