While the new category of clinical documentation improvement specialist started before recovery audit contractors came on the scene, CDI specialists can help hospitals guard against RAC recoupment, ...

Improving the clinical documentation will be a requirement of the ICD-10 transition. Does it really need to start now? "Once physicians learn to document, you won't need [clinical documentation ...

There are computer products that optimize workflows for coders and clinical documentation specialists. New computer-assisted physician documentation systems leverage artificial intelligence and ...

According to Donald Berwick in a recent Wall Street Journal article, “…the formula for ACO success is clear: keep quality high, save money by improving - not by restricting - care, and remain ...

Update: HIMSS20 has been canceled due to the coronavirus. Read more here. Halifax Health CIO Tom Stafford says its hospitals' clinical documentation improvement efforts used to be arduous for the CDI ...