News: ACDIS/AHIMA query escalation policy released
CDI Strategies, June 6, 2013
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In the April edition of the CDI Journal, ACDIS published the joint ACDIS/AHIMA practice brief on “Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice.” Relating to that publication, a sample query escalation process was also released this month.
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