by Rose T. Dunn, MBA, RHIA, CPA, FACHE, FHFMA, CHPS
One of the many coder/CDI obligations is to report noncompliant activities. Your employer’s compliance plan may direct you to report these noncompliant observations to the compliance officer or a compliance hotline.
ACDIS members are entitled to one continuing education credit for reading the CDI Journal and taking a 20-question quiz. The CDI Journal is a members-only benefit.Read More »
It’s been an exciting and illuminating month since I became the associate director for membership and product development for ACDIS. I took on the new role on January 4 and have been busy learning as much as I can about CDI, the association, and our members...Read More »
In the past few months, a number of facilities hosted members of the ACDIS team as we shook the office dust off our shoulders and ventured out for on-site visits to see firsthand how things are with a handful of nearby programs. I enjoyed my visit with Patricia Barry, CDI manager for Cape Cod...Read More »
It’s that time of year again—the time when we start to count down to the 2016 ACDIS conference (which takes place May 23-26, in Atlanta) by chatting with a few of our speakers about their sessions, offering information about conference-related events, and reminding attendees about upcoming...Read More »
I have been pondering the clinical validation conundrum with the publication of the AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS, Fourth Quarter 2016, as well as a practice brief published in the August 2016 edition of the Journal of AHIMA...Read More »
by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, CCDS
Your CDI program successfully obtained consistent results over the last few years, and all is right within the CDI world. Then, the facility case-mix index (CMI) unexpectedly drops. Provided it rebounds, one or two months below its usual average...Read More »
