Q: How do you measure productivity for a denials specialist? Do you measure the number of appeals per day, per week, or per month? Are there any other tasks that affect this metric?Read More »
The ACDIS Forum offers a unique opportunity for members to ask questions of their CDI peers, often in real-time, for real-life input. A recent inquiry there pondered posting queries within a CDI program’s EHR physician communication...Read More »
2020 is nothing like 2019. ACDIS needs to hear from you. The 2020 Salary Survey is now open and your responses matter. They will help others understand how their situation is either similar across the country or whether their current predicament represents an aberration from national norms.Read More »
Here at ACDIS, the leadership team is already looking ahead to what’s in store for 2021. We’ve begun planning for our 2021 events (including calling for speaker proposals for the 2021 conference),...Read More »
The Michigan ACDIS chapter has been holding annual conferences for nearly a decade. The challenges of 2020 haven’t stopped the dedicated team of volunteer chapter leaders. Earlier this summer, the leadership team realized plans for an in-person event due to the COVID-19...Read More »
Q: Our system is seeing increasing cases being denied inpatient care with the suggestion that the cases should have been billed as observation. Right now, our coding department handles the coding-based denials, CDI handles clinical validation denials, and care management...Read More »
The COVID-19 pandemic brought into stark relief the fact that CDI departments must have a strong and consistent mechanism for displaying the value they bring to their organizations. It doesn’t necessarily matter what that value is—financial impact, quality...Read More »
