Re-defining CDI in outpatient settings |
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In the past decade, outpatient visits increased by 44% while hospital visits decreased by nearly 20%, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
However, just because physicians are outside the hospital walls doesn’t mean they’re free from documentation challenges. For these reasons, CDI programs are offering their assistance to physician practices, ambulatory surgical centers, and even emergency rooms.
First Steps in Outpatient CDI: Tips and Tools for Building a Program explores these opportunities and takes a look at how others are expanding their record review efforts in the outpatient world.
Order today and learn how to: - Target the outpatient settings that offer the greatest CDI opportunities
- Understand the quality and payment initiatives affecting outpatient services
- Understand the coding differences between inpatient and outpatient setting
- Incorporate physician needs to ensure support for program expansion
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Additional resources to get your Outpatient CDI program off the ground: |
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ACDIS' Outpatient CDI Workshop features presentations covering a broad array of topics, from queries to HCCs in an easy-to-access online format over the course of five weeks.
Plus: participants can claim CEU’s from the following organizations for this program: NAHQ, AHIMA, ANCC, ACCME, ACDIS, AAPC, CCMC.
For complete information on CEU’s available, click the link below |
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