News: ACDIS/AHIMA query brief released
CDI Strategies, February 14, 2013
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After several months of effort, AHIMA released "Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice," in the February edition of the Journal of AHIMA. The document, created in collaboration with ACDIS Advisory Board members Sue Belley, RHIA, Cheryl Ericson, MSN, RN, CDIP, CCDS, and Fran Jurcak, RN, MSN, as well as ACDIS representatives William Haik, MD, FCCP, CDIP, Cathy Seluke, RN, BSN, ACM, CCDS, and Paul Weygandt, MD, JD, MPH, MBA, CCDS, and reviewed by additional ACDIS and AHIMA leadership, represents the latest of industry thought regarding governance of physician query practices.
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