If a patient is admitted with both gram-negative pneumonia and acute respiratory failure, which should be sequenced as the principal diagnosis?Read More »
Most CDI specialists are earning $80,000–$89,999 (18.61%), followed closely by those who made $90,000–$99,999 (17.48%), according to the 2019 CDI Survey released this week. In previous years, the largest bracket has been those who earn $70,000-$79,999 annually. Additionally, those earning the...Read More »
ACDIS is pleased to debut a second case study in its Provider Engagement series, titled “Hybrid Engagement Model: Orlando Health, NYU Langone offer flexible approaches.” This case study covers how both organizations handle the pros and cons of having a hybrid remote and onsite CDI team and how...Read More »
The ACDIS Regulatory Committee, established in 2018, is tasked with the reviewing regulatory policy, coding, and clinical updates, commenting to agencies on behalf of ACDIS, and providing summary, interpretation, and analysis to ACDIS members.
The Committee kicked off a new initiative for...Read More »
The back of each attendee’s folder had a code written on it in black magic marker. G71.0, Muscular Dystrophy was written on mine. After James Manz, MD, CCD, CCDS-O and Peggy Hickman, MS, CCDS, CCS, CCRC presented on their outpatient CDI efforts, Hickman asked...Read More »
Dawn Valdez RN, LNC, CCDS, CDIP, joined the ACDIS team officially at the beginning of 2020, as a full-time CDI education specialist. Since then, she’s been busy getting up to speed, hitting the road with Education Director Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, and...Read More »
According to HCPro’s 2019 coding productivity survey, while coding productivity held steady, missing documentation and unanswered queries bog down coders, reported JustCoding. CDI, according to survey respondents, may be able to help ease these troubles.
Home health agencies across the country are grappling with a significant change in how Medicare pays for services, reported HealthLeaders Media. To qualify for services under the new system, a person must be homebound and in need of intermittent skilled care (less than eight hours a day...Read More »