The CDI FOCUS program developed by Administrative Consultant Service takes the complexities of the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System and narrows the focus to allow your staff to concentrate on key indicators for coding accuracy and documentation adequacy. The CDI FOCUS program includes a combination of educational tools, staff training, software references and benchmarking data.

Foundations for Success:

CDI Handbook for coders, clinical documentation improvement specialists and case managers includes case studies and important coding validation references as well as links to important core quality measures.

Classroom style training introduces new material in a modular approach. The modular approach delivers new content in manageable pieces with minimal disruption of your daily routine. Specialized training sessions are recommended for coders, clinical documentation improvement specialists and case managers as well as physicians and physician extenders.

One-on-one Interaction:

Individualized training is performed on the nursing units with clinical documentation improvement specialists, case managers and physicians to enable them to apply key CDI principles to current cases.

Concurrent Review Tools:

CDI FOCUS software and unit-specific Focus Lists to permit clinical documentation improvement specialists and case managers to effectively review concurrent documentation without having to first assign ICD-9-CM diagnostic and procedure codes.

Understand Query Issues:

Query forms and electronic tools to log and track query trends by physician, DRG, or query type.

Scorecards:

Benchmarking data to monitor CDI improvements from month-to-month. This easy-to-follow, color-coded scorecard allows you to quickly determine DRGs in need of focused review.