When the IPPS became law in the 1980s, freestanding psychiatric hospitals were exempt. Like some cancer centers today, psychiatric facilities were not paid based on DRGs—that is, until the...Read More »
Summers can be a busy time for folks regardless of profession. Sure, everyone thinks of those lazy, hazy days but summer can also be a perfect time to plan for special, local, CDI networking events.Read More »
Our 11th Annual ACDIS Conference was a fantastic experience involving education, networking, ideas-sharing, good times and fun with great colleagues. It would not be possible for us to host this event without the generous support of our sponsors and...Read More »
“If you take ‘One Thing’ from me today, I hope it’s that compassion heals the deepest wounds,” said today’s general session speaker Allison Massari.
And the deepest wounds are something that Massari knows intimately. In 1998, Massari was in a horrific car accident in which more than 50%...Read More »
Thank you all for joining us for the last week of education, networking and fun! You make every year of the conference better than the last because of your enthusiasm.Read More »
Editor's note: Kerry Termaat, RN, MSM, CCDS, is the supervisor of CDI at ProHealth Care—Waukesha Memorial Hospital. Termaat will be presenting a poster at the 2018 ACDIS Conference entitled “Eight-day process to improve physician query response rate,” with Sara Neitzel, RN,...Read More »
This morning, the “CMS guy,” as he referred to himself, took the stage to open Day 2 of the 2018 ACDIS conference. David S. Nilasena, MD, MSPH, MS, the chief medical office for CMS’ Dallas Regional Office, shared some insight into the new CMS programs aimed at improving quality and reducing...Read More »
The critical access hospital (CAH) was born out of the effort to protect access to healthcare in rural areas and ensure a hospital could remain viable despite the low and variable volumes that come along with the hospital’s location. A CAH is a hospital...Read More »
