The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published an analysis stating that roughly 25% of the $3.8 trillion spent annually in the U.S. on healthcare can be characterized as waste.Read More »
There are only a few more days left to get the discounted hotel room rate for the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI. Reserve your room by Monday, October 21, to take full advantage of the discount. The event takes place November 14-15 at the Hyatt Regency in Austin, Texas.Read More »
Despite critics claims that Medicare accountable care organizations’ (ACO) savings are “modest” at best, CMS said the programs resulted in nearly $...Read More »
Members know how valuable the networking, collaboration, resources, tools, and other ACDIS benefits are to their everyday CDI work. This month, we’re asking you to share the love and help us bring more CDI professionals into the ACDIS fold with the ACDIS Refer-a-Friend Challenge.Read More »
We are celebrating Throw Back Thursday (#TBT) today with $100 off admission to the 2019 ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI with code OPTBT100 at check out. The event takes place November 14-15 at the Hyatt Regency in Austin, Texas. The ACDIS symposium is the only...Read More »
Medicare cut payments to 2,583 hospitals this week in the newest round of readmission penalties, according to Kaiser Health News. Medicare estimates that the cuts will cost hospitals $563 million over a year.
Of the 3,129 general hospitals evaluated in the Hospital Readmission...Read More »
All those who registered to attend the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI by the early bird deadline (September 20) were entered into a drawing for one of four free tickets to an Austin Brewery tour. The winners (drumroll, please) are…Sara Burns, Chris Braun, Kristen Cummins, and Sheri Blanchard!...Read More »
CDI management has to be creative when it comes to staff retention.
Consider what it costs to train a CDI specialist. Most of the time, CDI specialists are hired with no experience. To start, they likely need up to three months of training and oversight. This can get costly, as it can add...Read More »
