May a physician/provider, who does not take care of a patient during an episode of care answer a query for another physician who did take care of the patient, but does not have time to answer the queries issued to them by the CDI/coders? Could that documented response be used as a basis for...Read More »
by Brian Murphy
I knew ACDIS filled a deep need in the healthcare community as early as May 2008. We were hosting our very first conference at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and had to send the hotel an advance estimate of attendees in order to allocate for rooms, food, and beverages...Read More »
by Steven L. Griffin, DNP, RN, CCM, CCDS
Modern American medicine is a prime example of a profession that has tremendously increased its authority through the attainment and control of specialized knowledge and judgment that is perceived as belonging exclusively to the physician....Read More »
ACDIS releases several position papers annually and makes them available to all CDI professionals, regardless of ACDIS membership status. The ACDIS Advisory Board, in collaboration with ACDIS leadership, has been working on a three-part series on risk-based CDI. The...Read More »
by Carolyn Riel
In an industry that changes both quickly and frequently, keeping CDI staff educated is important not only for your healthcare system, but for your employees’ professional growth. With CDI specialists’ many day-to-day duties, however, it can be difficult to make...Read More »
The recertification process for the Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS)/CCDS-Outpatient (CCDS-O) ensures that CDI professionals stay abreast of changing government and private-payer regulations, documentation and coding requirements, and important developments in the field of CDI...Read More »
by Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC
My favorite experience as a CDI instructor is witnessing the “aha” moments on people’s faces. I can literally see the lightbulb go on when the student puts the pieces together and sees the “why” and “how” about the subject at hand....Read More »