CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 54

Local chapter updates: Welcoming new Maryland and Oregon ACDIS leaders

November 16, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

ACDIS likes to be invited to its local chapter’s leadership planning meetings. It offers the national administration an opportunity to serve as a resource to the chapter’s volunteers and offer insight into the ways other chapters perhaps have handled an event or educational session in the past...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 54

Q&A: Coding unilateral weakness post CVA

November 16, 2017
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I have a question regarding unilateral weakness from a previous stroke. The patient has ongoing weakness in both right arm and leg post cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and associated ataxia post CVA in 2013. Is it...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 54

News: Physician Compare preview period extended through December 1

November 16, 2017
News, Quality & Regulatory

Due to a technical issue which rendered the preview data not viewable during the first week of the Physician Compare preview period, CMS has extended the preview through December 1, according to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 54

ACDIS update: No CDI Strategies on Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 23

November 16, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, News

Because the ACDIS office will be closed, CDI Strategies is also taking Thursday, November 23 off.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 54

News: JAMA study suggests lower readmissions are linked to higher death risks

November 16, 2017
News, Quality & Regulatory

As many as 10,000 heart failure patients could die prematurely each year because of misguided efforts that keep them out of the hospital to avoid the financial penalties attached to higher readmissions, according to a study published in JAMA.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 54

ACDIS update: Polling results don’t just benefit ACDIS, they benefit YOU!

November 16, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

 While the data gleaned from the polls shows up in a variety of ACDIS offerings—from social media graphics, to CDI Journal articles—the data can also benefit you, the ACDIS members.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 54

ACDIS Retrospective: Celebrating 10 years of bringing the CDI community together

November 16, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, News

ACDIS celebrated its 10th anniversary in October 2017. To celebrate, the ACDIS team assembled a special report titled "ACDIS Retrospective: Celebrating 10 years of bringing the CDI...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 54

ACDIS update: 2018 conference speaker selections nearing a close

November 17, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, News

The 2018 Conference Committee is nearing the end of selecting speakers to fill the 54 slots at this year's event.Read More »

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