To maximize the staff’s ability to focus their attention on the records with documentation improvement opportunity, most CDI programs have implemented creative methods to identify which records to review each day. Many programs attempt to prioritize records for review by leveraging clinical...Read More »
As leaders get to know their chapter members better, they should seek out those who may have past experience on other boards and committee either professionally, with participation in nursing, case management, or coding/HIM associations, or personally, serving on student associations, parent-...Read More »
Stacey Nagao, BSN, RN, CCDS, will be presenting a poster at the 2018 ACDIS Conference entitled “How to write a note: Development of a resident documentation curriculum.”Read More »
This report allows hospitals to monitor their baselines period performance for all domains and measures required for the Hospital VBP Program.Read More »
One of the things ACDIS members appreciate most about membership is connecting with other CDI specialists. One of the best ways to do so is through the ACDIS Forum.Read More »
Following the March Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting on ICD-10, CMS released a number of code changes for the proposed fiscal year (FY) 2019 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS). In addition to code changes, CMS has also...Read More »
As part of the FY 2019 IPPS proposed rule, CMS said they want to require hospitals to publish a list of their standard charges in a machine-readable format online and update them once per year.Read More »
We’ve been counting up to a milestone—waiting to see who would be the 4,000th person to earn the CCDS credential. It happened last Thursday when the exam proctor handed Jami Coler of Defiance, Ohio, her score report.Read More »
