ACDIS developed the Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist-Outpatient (CCDS-O) to provide a trusted baseline of competency for CDI in the outpatient setting. Currently, the CCDS-O exam uses the CMS-HCC Risk Adjustment Model Version 24, but the exam will be updated to Version 28 on October 1...Read More »
In a previous version of CDI Strategies, we shared a few suggestions for how you might celebrate CDI Week with your chapter this September 16-20. This week, we want to hear from you...Read More »
I’ve written before about how I loved being a student all through my educational years, and I think many of you reading this article are in the same boat with me. That’s one of the things that attracts professionals to the CDI industry: There’s always...Read More »
According to a recent KFF analysis, healthcare organizations are submitting more prior authorization requests to Medicare Advantage (MA) plans than they...Read More »
A new clinical study suggests that a combination of three factors—high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), LDL cholesterol, and lipoprotein(a), or lp(a)—can accurately predict women’s 30-year risk for both coronary heart disease and stroke,...Read More »
A cohort study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that the detection of incident stroke events is moderately accurate when using ICD-10-CM...Read More »
As part of the 14th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Kelly Benson, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDI regional manager at Memorial Hermann Health in Houston, Texas, answered these...Read More »
This year, ACDIS is looking to take our CDI Week theme, CDI in Orbit: Infinite Opportunities, from the far reaches of infinity to beyond! However, no human can embark on such an endeavor alone—any space expedition,...Read More »
