Have you responded yet to the latest physician query survey? This 16-question survey should only take you about five minutes to complete, and will help us at ACDIS measure where we are in terms of CDI query efforts compared to a 2017 benchmarking survey.Read More »
The 2020 ACDIS national conference agenda is finalized, (take a look at all the great sessions in store) but the call for poster presentations is still open. Those selected will be eligible for $200 off their conference registration.
For those unfamiliar, the poster presentations are a...Read More »
The gyms are crowded this time of year. The first week of January, not so much. Second week of January, traffic picks up. Third week of January, the gym gets packed as people begin to realize that the month is almost passed them by and their get healthy, get thin, get more involved resolutions...Read More »
A new year often spells change for CDI programs looking to extend their influence in their organizations. With the rise of health systems over independent hospitals, many CDI teams find themselves reviewing records outside of the traditional acute care...Read More »
Hospitals who serve disadvantaged patients in vulnerable communities may be unfairly penalized by the CMS rating system, according to an analysis released by...Read More »
The federal government has extended the comment period for the proposed rule mandating price transparency by two weeks, ending on January 29, reported HealthLeaders Media.
CMS said in a media release that the 15...Read More »
Ninety percent of hospital and inpatient organization leaders are considering outsourcing both clinical and non-clinical functions to achieve cost-efficiencies and succeed in value-based care models, according to a recent Black Book survey.
Survey respondents agreed value-based care...Read More »
We’re having a lot of discussions lately on whether we should query for pressure injuries when they’re only documented by nursing. Our wound care nurses determined that staff nurses identify pressure injuries correctly only 60% of the time. If we’re querying based on nursing documentation, our...Read More »
