In a Healthcare Finance News report, Kevin Fuller lays out six tips for using clinical documentation programs to boost revenue cycle management, according to Paul Weygandt, vice president of physician ...

Implementation of Clinical Documentation Improvement Programs in the hospital setting has grown exponentially over the last few years as a key financial strategy to address and meet the tough economic ...

Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) is increasingly recognised as a pivotal element in enhancing patient outcomes. By ensuring that health records accurately reflect the complexity of patients’ ...

Clinical documentation is the written record of a patient-physician encounter. Before the advent of electronic health records (EHRs), these encounters were often inadequately documented. While this ...

Clinical documentation is possibly the biggest bane of existence for countless clinicians and the claims management staff that have to rely on them to get reimbursement. Health systems have spent ...

These days, clinical documentation improvement is on everyone’s mind. As hospital’s focus on ramping up documentation to prepare for ICD-10, the demand for CDI specialists continues to grow. In fact, ...

NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) and Cerner Corporation (NASDAQ: CERN) today announced that Cerner will incorporate Nuance’s clinical documentation improvement ...

Florida Hospital improved its case mix index, reduced mortality rates by 48 percent, achieved ICD-10 compliance and pulled in $72.5 million in increased reimbursement via a clinical documentation ...