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CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 54

News: HHS risk adjustment data validation program final rule released

December 3, 2020
Clinical & Coding, News, Quality & Regulatory

CMS has released the final rule for the Department of Health and Human Services’ risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) program. The rule...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 54

Q&A: GLIM as malnutrition criteria

December 3, 2020
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

My organization has received three denials for the diagnosis of severe calorie malnutrition based on the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria. All three denials came from the same small insurance company. We don’t use GLIM criteria at our organization currently. Should we...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 54

ACDIS update: Survey to assess the COVID-19’s impact on CDI during the second surge

December 3, 2020

ACDIS needs your help in assessing this second surge of COVID-19 and its impact on your healthcare organization, specifically your CDI department.

Please take 3-5 minutes to complete the following survey by clicking here....Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 54

ACDIS update: Join us next week for Uncovering Outpatient CDI Opportunities!

December 3, 2020
Outpatient CDI, Education

Please note registration for this event closes on December 9 at 10 a.m. EST, so register today!

The next ACDIS virtual event,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 54

ACDIS update: Last chance for CDI holiday shopping—Cyber Week sale ends tomorrow

December 3, 2020
Education

ACDIS’ Cyber Monday sale has been extended through the end of the day tomorrow, Friday, December 4, giving you an extra day to do all you holiday CDI shopping!

In case you missed it, the sale offers some...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 54

Local chapter update: Reach out for your chapter rosters

December 3, 2020

Planning a local chapter event soon? Looking to send out a newsletter? Want to better connect with your local chapter members? ACDIS can help.

If you have information you’d like to send out to your local chapter members, reach out to ACDIS Associate Editor Carolyn Riel (...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 14, Issue 53

Book excerpt: A brief history of query practice briefs

December 7, 2021
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries

by Karen Newhouser, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CCS, CDIP, CCM

As the CDI and coding professions continue to evolve, query guidance methods have changed along with them.

The first industry standard brief, “Developing a Physician Query Process,” published by AHIMA in 2001, set...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 53

Note from ACDIS: Happy Thanksgiving!

November 26, 2020

In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, the ACDIS office will be closed starting today, Thursday, November 26, and reopen on Monday, November 30. While the weekly CDI Strategies newsletter is normally filled with industry news, ACDIS updates, educational Q&As, and local chapter...Read More »

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