Charlene Compher, PhD, RD, LDN, FASPEN, and Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, will present “GLIM: The New Malnutrition Clinical Criteria and Implications for the CDI Profession,” on Day 1 of the ACDIS conference. Compher is a professor of nutrition science at the University of Pennsylvania School...Read More »
CDI professionals working to help the appeal process need to make sure they have all supporting documents previously collected, immediately available. This ensures that all potential counterarguments are considered and increases the...Read More »
Great leaders in the CDI industry have immense passion and are crystal clear on the overriding purpose of their organization’s work. We are naturally drawn to leaders who are both energized and serious about their work.
Bettina Sonen, RN, CCDS, is a clinical documentation educator at Northeast Georgia Health Systems (NGHS) in Gainesville, and she is a member of the Georgia ACDIS local chapter.Read More »
In my last Blog post, we talked about the importance of reflecting on the past year, and then developing a CDI department plan for the fresh new year, one...Read More »
It’s nearly the end of January and both the local chapters and ACDIS national are gearing up for great things in February. With events happening around the country (even virtually), we hope you’ll fall in love with the ACDIS and CDI community—this is Valentine’s Day month, after all!Read More »
If you incorporate the practices and tenets below into your query development, you will find your queries are clearer, more direct in intent (but not directing in terms of response desired from the provider), and to the point, with...Read More »