CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 28

News: CMS documentation guidelines crucial for success under inaugural year of MIPS

June 22, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, News, Quality & Regulatory

Take a close look at the documentation guidelines that CMS suggests for the practice improvement portion of the merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS) and you may ward off future audits and avoid forfeiting revenue, according to the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 28

Tip: Advance CDI’s cause through technology

June 20, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries, Education

Those who’ve been in CDI long enough remember the days of colored paper queries slipped into charts. Often, those queries would get lost in the literal shuffle, or simply go unanswered and ignored with no concrete way of tracking the query. Then, electronic health records (EHR) came on the scene...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 28

Q&A: Lack of nursing documentation for clinical indicators

June 22, 2017
Ask ACDIS

Q: I’m running into a big problem with the nursing documentation. The nursing notes have inconsistent documentation of lung assessment, missing documentation when it comes to the patient being on room air or oxygen (O2), and the intakes...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 28

Membership update: ACDIS Forum abuzz with CDI conversation

June 22, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, News

This past month was a busy one on the ACDIS Forum. From outpatient CDI, to clinical and coding, to pediatrics, the Forum had a conversation for everyone in every type of CDI program.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 28

Membership update: CDI Week theme chosen

June 22, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, News

Over the past week, ACDIS asked its members to choose a theme for CDI Week 2017. Every year, facilities across the country celebrate the efforts of their CDI programs for one week in September. This year’s event takes place September 18-22. To help facilitate the festivities, ACDIS chooses an...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 28

Membership update: All your networking resources in one place

June 22, 2017
ACDIS Guidance

Did you know you can access all the ACDIS networking tools in one place on the website?Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 28

Local Chapter update: The value of the chapter agreement form

June 22, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Education

ACDIS requires the Local Chapter leaders to sign and return an agreement form annually. Though it may seem like a hassle at first, the agreement form provides a valuable framework for a chapter’s structure and formalizes the relationship between ACDIS National and the Local Chapters.Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 27

Answers from the Forum: Using criteria from the NQF, AHRQ, and CDC for queries

February 6, 2018
Ask ACDIS, Quality & Regulatory

Q: Should CDI take the criteria from the National Quality Forum (NQF), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) into consideration when querying for CAUTI,...Read More »

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