Each year the ACDIS Achievement Awards recognize excellence in the CDI profession and bestow high honors on extraordinary CDI professionals from across the country. Honorees are nominated by colleagues...Read More »
The average outpatient visit in the U.S. costs nearly $500 and the average inpatient stay costs more than $22,000, according to a global study from the...Read More »
Thirty-eight hospitals filed a lawsuit against the U.S. HHS on January 18, alleging that that HHS Secretary Alex Azar overstepped his authority when he finalized an OPPS policy that cuts...Read More »
I’ve been asked in several classes about the difference between an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) and white blood cell (WBC) count and whether they can both be used for evaluating pancytopenia. Let’s take a look at what each of these terms mean and...Read More »
Edna I. Betances-Harold, LPN, CDIP, CCS, CCDS, is the CDI supervisor at the University of Florida Health in Gainesville, and the president of the Florida chapter of ACDIS.Read More »
When ACDIS first conducted its CDI Salary Survey, more than half the respondents earned $69,999 or less. In 2018, only 17% fell into that bracket, down from 20% according to...Read More »
