In the latest twist of the ongoing saga of Medicare claims denials and appeals, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered Medicare must clear its backlog, which currently approaches one million claims,...Read More »
The deadline for poster presentation applications closes today, Thursday, December 15, at 5 p.m., eastern. Poster presentations allow participants to read and review details regarding an individual or facility CDI success story. Volunteers must commit to attend the 10th annual ACDIS...Read More »
Q: Why is hospital-acquired pneumonia not considered a CMS hospital-acquired condition (HAC)?
A: This is confusing to a lot of people because of the similarity of terms used. Hospital-acquired pneumonia is a clinical descriptor. However, CMS’ hospital-...Read More »
ACDIS provides continuing education units (CEUs) for CDI-related training and education activities that meet guidelines outlined on our recertification page (https://acdis.org/certification/recert) on the website.
I was looking through old drafts of blog posts and came upon some notes from ACDIS blogger Linda Renee Brown. She wrote that sometimes CDI professionals look for expert advice and that once they identify it, they follow it to the letter. But “What’s an expert...Read More »
ACDIS Advisory Board member Deanne Wilk, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, CDI manager at Penn State Hershey Medical Center brings along her team Marcy Miles, MT, (ASCP), MBA, manager of quality and process excellence, Melissa Macguire, RN, CDI educator, and...Read More »