CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 30

ACDIS update: All the ways you can learn, network, and save with an ACDIS membership!

July 25, 2024
ACDIS Guidance, Education

ACDIS serves as the authoritative voice in CDI practice, offering industry-leading guidance that establishes the framework for ethical and compliant professional conduct. Yet our association offers much more than mere guidance—ACDIS equips its members with the knowledge necessary to excel in the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 30

ACDIS update: Update to CCDS-O exam to be implemented October 1

July 25, 2024
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS, Education

ACDIS developed the Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist-Outpatient (CCDS-O) to provide a trusted baseline of competency for CDI in the outpatient setting, which includes physician practices, hospital clinics, and the emergency department, among other settings. Currently, the CCDS-O exam...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 30

ACDIS update: Submit your ideas for CDI Week space-themed celebrations!

July 25, 2024
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Education

We’re simply over the moon about our CDI Week theme this year, CDI in Orbit: Infinite Opportunities, and the Furthering Education Committee is already hard at work on resources you can use to educate and have fun...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 30

Local chapter update: Recording of Chapter Advisory Committee summer panel now available!

July 25, 2024
CDI Expansion, Education, News

Last Thursday, ACDIS held the 2024 summer panel discussion with the Chapter Advisory Committee and association leadership, discussing virtual member engagement and remote meetings as well as offering concrete advice and tools for leaders looking to build their chapter communities. And if you...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 29

Note from the ACDIS Director: Paying attention to ethics

July 18, 2024
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management

by Rebecca Hendren

Right now, reading a piece about the Code of Ethics probably doesn’t rank high on the exciting list of topics you could be reading about. And yet we all know how important ethics are to the CDI profession (and to life). So, bear with me, because I...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 29

News: U.S. News & World Report releases ‘Best Hospitals’ ranking amidst criticism

July 18, 2024
News

U.S. News & World Report has released its annual ‘Best Hospitals’ ranking, according to MedPage Today.

U.S. News examined more than “4,500 hospitals across 15 specialties, and 20...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 29

News: New CMS PFS proposed rule decreases physician payments by 2.93%

July 18, 2024
News

CMS has released its physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule for the 2024-2025 calendar year (CY), according to a recent press release.

According to CMS, the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 29

News: CY 2025 OPPS proposed rule released with 2.6% payment rate increase

July 18, 2024
News

CMS has released its Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System proposed rule for calendar year (CY) 2025, according to...Read More »

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