When the IPPS became law in the 1980s, freestanding psychiatric hospitals were exempt. Like some cancer centers today, psychiatric facilities were not paid based on DRGs—that is, until the...Read More »
Summers can be a busy time for folks regardless of profession. Sure, everyone thinks of those lazy, hazy days but summer can also be a perfect time to plan for special, local, CDI networking events.Read More »
Robin Jones, RN, BSN, MHA/Ed, CCDS, and Kimberly Higgins, RN, BSN, CCDS, will present “Work in Progress: Revitalizing a CDI Program,” on Day 1 of the ACDIS conference. Jones is a division director of CDI at Florida Hospital/Advent Health and Higgins is a division manager there. ...Read More »
Our 11th Annual ACDIS Conference was a fantastic experience involving education, networking, ideas-sharing, good times and fun with great colleagues. It would not be possible for us to host this event without the generous support of our sponsors and...Read More »
“If you take ‘One Thing’ from me today, I hope it’s that compassion heals the deepest wounds,” said today’s general session speaker Allison Massari.
And the deepest wounds are something that Massari knows intimately. In 1998, Massari was in a horrific car accident in which more than 50%...Read More »
Thank you all for joining us for the last week of education, networking and fun! You make every year of the conference better than the last because of your enthusiasm.Read More »
Documentation of developmental issues is critical because the goal is accurately diagnosing each child and focusing appropriate resources toward the maximization of the child’s abilities. To accomplish this goal, the integrity of each patient’s chart with accurate and specific diagnoses is...Read More »
Editor's note: Kerry Termaat, RN, MSM, CCDS, is the supervisor of CDI at ProHealth Care—Waukesha Memorial Hospital. Termaat will be presenting a poster at the 2018 ACDIS Conference entitled “Eight-day process to improve physician query response rate,” with Sara Neitzel, RN,...Read More »
