CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 8

News: CMS needs to provide more support to physician-led ACOs, report says

February 20, 2020
News

Though small physician-lead Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have shown success in reducing costs while improving quality, a new report from the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy suggests that these ACOs need continuing and future support.

The report notes that ACOs would...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 8

News: Telehealth adoption on the rise, AMA survey finds

February 20, 2020
News

New survey results from the American Medical Association (AMA) found that the number of physicians who use telehealth for visiting with patients has doubled between 2016 and 2019. However, the overall number of physicians using this technology remains low, with only 28% of the 1,300 surveyed...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 8

Q&A: Reasonable query response options

February 20, 2020
Physician Queries

I have a question about the guidance in the ACDIS/AHIMA “Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice” related to “reasonable” query response choices.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 8

ACDIS update: Help the Advisory Board by taking the provider engagement survey

February 20, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Education, Physician Queries

As part of ACDIS’ ongoing educational series on provider engagement series, the advisory board has developed a survey to gather data on the relationship between provider engagement efforts, provider buy-in, and their impact on CDI chart review productivity.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 8

ACDIS update: Quarterly Membership Conference Call today, February 20

February 20, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Education, Physician Queries

ACDIS members are invited to participate in ACDIS’ Quarterly Membership Conference Call today, Thursday, February 20. During the call, the ACDIS Advisory Board and members of the ACDIS administration team will discuss the second case study in ACDIS’ Provider Engagement series, titled “Hybrid...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 8

Conference corner: Get a free behind-the-scenes look at ACDIS 2020

February 20, 2020
ACDIS Guidance

If you’ve never attended a prior ACDIS conference, the experience is hard to convey in words. Viewers of our special sneak peek webinar will have the opportunity to see pictures of conferences past and get an insider glimpse at what thousands of CDI professionals from around the country have...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 8

Local chapter update: Send us your spring chapter plans!

February 20, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring on Groundhog Day this year and we can’t wait for warmer weather! Spring isn’t just about flowers and warming temperatures, though. It’s also prime time for local chapters and networking groups to host in-person meetings and set plans for later summer...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 14, Issue 7

Guest post: Tips for entering the world of CDI

February 16, 2021
ACDIS Guidance, Education

​by Rabia Jalal, MBBS, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, RHIA

It seems like forever ago, but in reality it was about five years ago that I had relocated to California from my home state of New York and was searching for clinical research jobs. I happened to type in foreign...Read More »

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