CDI professionals wishing to earn support from program administrators to attend the 2019 ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI may adapt the following proposal.Read More »
Offering CCDS CEUs for your next ACDIS local chapter event can be a great way to entice folks to participate. While there’s no monetary charge for chapters offering these credits, chapter leaders must follow the following process.Read More »
For roughly five years now, the CDI industry has toyed with various ideas about what constitutes an “outpatient” program and how to effectively take successful inpatient programs to the proverbial next level by expanding into “ambulatory” services. Over time,...Read More »
A recent study published in the JAMA from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice found that accountable care organization (ACO) care management and coordination activities were not associated with improved outcomes or spending in patients with complex needs.Read More »
While the average price for the five ED CPT codes were higher in 2016 than in 2009, the average price for higher severity codes rose at a faster rate than low severity codes, according to...Read More »
Q: We recently had a patient admitted with severe acute meningitis causing respiratory decompensation. A diagnostic lumbar puncture and mechanical ventilation were both performed during the inpatient stay. Which of the two procedures would be...Read More »