BC Advantage - 2020 Issue 9

Clinical Documentation Integrity: Stop the Insanity

As inpatient programs mature and there is less need for consulting in the CDI space, CDI consulting companies have set their eyes upon promoting and developing outpatient CDI programs to current and potential clients to replace the revenue spicket that is drying up associated with peddling inpatient CDI consulting projects. Outpatient CDI is a relatively new concept and entity that has yet to be fully flushed out and defined. Despite this fact, consulting companies and CDI associations are hanging their hats upon HCC capture as the hallmark of outpatient CDI, repeating the same mistake as inpatient CDI of chasing...

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