An important update about the 2020 ACDIS Symposium

During this time of national crisis, we have painstakingly deliberated over the fate of our upcoming ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI Conference, taking into consideration expert guidance and everyone’s best interests. With those factors in mind, we have made the decision to cancel the 2020 ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI Conference scheduled for November 11-13, 2020, at The Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona. While we looked forward to seeing familiar faces and providing you with an exceptional curriculum, the safety of our customers, our conference faculty, and our staff comes first.

Again, we apologize for the cancellation, but as you know, safety must always be the #1 priority. We look forward to serving you in the future.

Be well.

The ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI Conference features two days of education and networking dedicated to clinical documentation improvement (CDI) in the outpatient setting. ACDIS will be accepting applications for the Outpatient Symposium planning committee beginning in January.

Join us for this one-of-a-kind conference featuring two concurrent educational tracks of diverse sessions, including how to get started in the ambulatory setting, query techniques and nuances, metrics and analytics, staff training, and demonstrating return on investment.

Click here to see the full 2019 event brochure, which includes a detailed agenda.

Topics include sessions on:

  • Building an outpatient CDI program
  • Risk adjustment: Common diagnoses often missed in outpatient documentation
  • Outpatient query practices: Building compliant queries
  • MACRA and MIPS: A look at physician quality and payments
  • Critical differences between inpatient vs. outpatient coding guidelines
  • How to teach physicians E/M—medical school did not
  • From inpatient to outpatient: Defining the different documentation, coding, and reimbursement requirements

Also included was a special “lightning round” ideas-sharing session and a dedicated Q&A panel to help answer your most pressing questions.

Who should attend?

  • Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) specialists 
  • CDI managers/directors 
  • Coding compliance directors/managers 
  • Coding compliance specialists 
  • Outpatient coders 
  • Case management directors/ managers 
  • HIM directors 
  • Revenue cycle directors 
  • Physician champions/advisors to CDI 
  • Quality improvement professionals 
  • Coding managers/supervisors 
  • Chief medical officers 
  • Denials and appeals managers 
  • Compliance officers 
  • Chief financial officers

At the conclusion of the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI Conference, you will be able to:

  • Develop strategies to begin or improve outpatient CDI programs
  • Modify existing CDI programs to include review of outpatient documentation and risk-adjusted methodologies such as HCCs
  • Design CDI education for physicians related to outpatient practice
  • Incorporate CDI data to track and report program progress and drive improvements
  • Recognize compliance risks in the query process