Posts Tagged ‘Physician queries’
Should you follow the ACDIS/AHIMA query brief? I say yes: Here’s why.
By Brian Murphy Should you follow the ACDIS/AHIMA query brief? <= Not rage-bait, honest question. Earlier this year ACDIS/AHIMA issued a new physician query practice brief. It started with a draft, subject to public comment (I put in a couple myself), followed by a final brief, ACDIS/AHIMA Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice—2026…
Read MoreDownload The State of Physician Queries
Download the report. The old-timers—and perhaps a few relatively recent-timers—will recall a recent past when a query was pretty straightforward. Discrete to the encounter. Fee-for-service. Reimbursement driven. Ask the question, get a response. Dusted and done. Those days are long gone. A query isn’t just a query, anymore. And that’s a good thing. This new…
Read MoreNew ACDIS/AHIMA physician query practice brief (2026) puts mid-revenue cycle leaders front and center in compliance
By Brian Murphy At the ACDIS conference last week, a bombshell announcement: A new physician query brief, the joint output of ACDIS/AHIMA. You can read it here on the ACDIS website. The organizations are accepting comments through June 12, and may make changes based upon them. So, give it a thoughtful read and submit your…
Read MoreIt’s OK to ask direct (but not leading) queries to the provider, CDI professionals
By Brian Murphy Ask direct queries. It’s OK. Sometimes we get so fixated on query format we fail to see forest through the trees. The point of a query is to ask a pointed, clinically relevant question and allow the physician to exercise his/her independent judgement. We should be asking direct no-nonsense queries, especially in…
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