It’s almost here! We are all always excited for: CDI Week! This celebration of CDI professionals takes place annually during the third week of September, meaning the 2021 CDI Week starts next week on September 13th and continues through Friday...Read More »
Are you a CCDS or CCDS-O credential holder? Don’t forget that you need to keep track of your ongoing continuing education credits (CEUs). Your credential is good for two years, meaning once you hit that two year mark it’s time to recertify!
As you (hopefully) all know by now, ACDIS has a great offering of association branded gear for you to purchase and wear to show your place in the CDI community. At times, we even put out specially branded items for our events such as the national...Read More »
Those who know me, know that I wear a variety of hats around here at ACDIS. Most of the time when you see my name, it’ll be associated with either our publications (especially the CDI Journal) or the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council. This time of year,...Read More »
John Peter Smith Hospital in Tarrant County, Texas, has agreed to pay $3.3 million in order to settle allegations that it was in violation of the False Claims Act by upcoding certain claims....Read More »
Our system is seeing increasing cases being denied inpatient care with the suggestion that the cases should have been billed as observation. Right now, our coding department handles the coding-based denials, CDI handles clinical validation denials, and care management handles the status denials...Read More »