The deadline to submit a speaker application for the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI is tomorrow, March 15. This year’s event will be held November 14-15, at the Hyatt Regency in Austin, Texas. ...Read More »
Per the 2019 chapter agreement form, local chapters agree to a number of responsibilities related to meeting facilitation (covered in Section II.b). All local chapter and networking group leaders are required...Read More »
Christine Donnamiller, RN, ACDIS-approved CDI Apprentice, is a CDI specialist at Avita Health System in Ontario, Ohio, and a member of the Ohio ACDIS local chapter. She has been in the CDI field for two and a half years.Read More »
Often, it feels like technology changes over night. Just when you master one element, it’s out of date and a new solution is coming down the pike. The March/April edition of the...Read More »
Community Hospital in Munster, Indiana, disputes an OIG report that found DRG assignment errors and incorrect IRF claims, resulting in an projected $22,051,602 in overpayments.Read More »
Hospital star ratings were updated publicly Thursday for the first time since 2017, despite long-running accusations that the government’s methodology presents...Read More »
Eight hundred hospitals will see a pay cut this year from Medicare due to high rates of infections and patient injuries. This is the highest number of cuts since the launch of the HAC Reduction Program five years ago.Read More »
Q:One of my CDI staff members recently asked me for resources to help differentiate between an acute PE/DVT and a chronic PE/DVT. She’s looking for anything that could help her explain the difference to a physician, but I’m...Read More »