Hospital-acquired conditions (HAC) declined by 21% in the last five years, according to a report, “National Scorecard on Rates of Hospital-Acquired Conditions 2010 to 2015: Interim Data From National Efforts to Make Health Care Safer,” published by the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (...Read More »
Jeff Morris, RN, BSN, CCDS, started his career in CDI four-and-a-half years ago. Before that, Morris worked as a nurse for more than 15 years in adult critical care, emergency, and ambulatory settings before moving to pediatric emergency and outpatient sedation. Now, he’s the...Read More »
ACDIS is honored to announce that Sorrel King will now be joining us on the podium as our featured general session motivational speaker on day one of the 10th annual ACDIS Conference. In 2001, Sorrel’s daughter Josie died as a result of medical errors. Consumed by grief, King was determined to...Read More »
ACDIS members are entitled to one continuing education credit for reading the CDI Journal and taking a 20-question quiz. The CDI Journal is a members-only benefit.Read More »
In the past few months, a number of facilities hosted members of the ACDIS team as we shook the office dust off our shoulders and ventured out for on-site visits to see firsthand how things are with a handful of nearby programs. I enjoyed my visit with Patricia Barry, CDI manager for Cape Cod...Read More »
I have been pondering the clinical validation conundrum with the publication of the AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS, Fourth Quarter 2016, as well as a practice brief published in the August 2016 edition of the Journal of AHIMA...Read More »
by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, CCDS
Your CDI program successfully obtained consistent results over the last few years, and all is right within the CDI world. Then, the facility case-mix index (CMI) unexpectedly drops. Provided it rebounds, one or two months below its usual average...Read More »
Ever make mud pies? A hose running rivers in the backyard sandbox or a collection of buckets and throwaway pie tins lining an oversized puddle after a rainstorm make the best kitchens for such non-culinary fun. How CDI managers must long for those moments when they needn’t worry about how each...Read More »