The ACDIS Regulatory Committee recently posted its hot topic for November, which is focused on coding emphysema with COPD exacerbation. Head to the “...Read More »
The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. Visit your local chapter’s webpage on the ACDIS site for additional information about upcoming meetings. To join a chapter if you haven’t already or to update...Read More »
In case you missed it (and if you did, you’ve got double the reading to do!), last month we published part one of a series of papers on risk-based CDI. “Risk-based CDI: A holistic...Read More »
The fall 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade report has been released, assigning grades to 2,901 hospitals. The grades come from hospitals’ performance on over 30 evidence-based measures of patient safety. For the first time, post-...Read More »
Despite the challenges and budget cuts leveled at CDI programs in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, still 98% of leaders feel their organization sees the value in their CDI program and 72% said their budgets stayed the same or increased in 2021 over 2020. Additionally, though CDI...Read More »