CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 7

Local chapter update: Apply 30 days in advance to offer CCDS CEUs at your next chapter meeting

February 15, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

You’ve finished planning your next local chapter event. You’ve found the speakers and created an agenda. Now, you want to start advertising and getting people interested. Offering CCDS CEUs can be a great way to entice folks to participate.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 7

Conference corner: ACDIS Achievement Award winners share their experiences

February 15, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

In addition to amazing educational and networking opportunities, the annual ACDIS Conference offers the CDI community the opportunity to honor professionals who exemplify the documentation improvement mission in the ACDIS Achievement Awards.  Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 7

Q&A: Fighting DRG downgrades

February 15, 2018
Ask ACDIS, Policies & Procedures, Denials & Appeals

Q: We’ve encountered audit takebacks and denials from a certain payer who removed codes and procedures that result in lower DRGs. Do you have any advice for fighting or preventing these types of denials?Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 7

News: CMS calls for EHR incentive program measures

February 15, 2018
News, Quality & Regulatory

Starting this year, CMS plans to conduct an annual call for measures related to the Medicare EHR Incentive Program, the agency announced last week.Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 6

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: The benefits of volunteer work

January 16, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

By Melissa Varnavas

The conversation bounced around the importance of building a community of caring. The speakers talked about the development of family and the communities that extended families create. They also spoke of changing societal norms which make geographic, topic-...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 6

Download the November/December 2018 edition of the CDI Journal

November 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory

FEATURES
7 Concurrent coding
12 CMS-HCC version 23 released
17 Mortality reviews and publicly reported quality scores
25 Submit questions to Coding...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 6

Note from the CCDS Coordinator: Send us your CDI poster ideas by February 16

February 8, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

By Penny Richards

As of today, 18 people have submitted applications for poster presentations at the 2018 ACDIS Conference, May 21-24, in San Antonio, Texas.

Do you have a great idea for a poster presentation? Share...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 6

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Panta rhei—All things change

November 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory

by Melissa Varnavas
It’s that time of the year again: time to pull down the tome that is the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) final rule and mine its pages for changes relevant to daily CDI reviews. While intimidating at more than 600 pages, the IPPS rule can be broken...Read More »

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