Integrating Outpatient CDI with Risk Adjustment Coding: Best Practices for Seamless Documentation
An outpatient practice handling a high volume of patients found itself frequently missing reimbursements due to poor documentation. Providers were rushed, chronic conditions were under-documented, and coders often received incomplete information. The lack of integration between Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) and risk adjustment processes hindered both compliance and financial stability. By adopting a more integrated…
