Earlier this week I had the unpleasant monthly duty to suspend and revoke CCDS certification from people who did not recertify on time. I suspended 58 individuals who are six month or more overdue (fortunately they can take steps to recertify). I revoked 38...Read More »
Your organization may have policies dictating the frequency of record review and re-review, such as conducting initial reviews within 24 hours of patient’s admission and re-reviews every 24 hours after that. The program should have...Read More »
ACDIS is built and sustained by its many volunteers serving on the boards and committees. Without these folks, ACDIS’ offerings and support for the CDI profession would be much thinner, so the ACDIS team wanted to take a moment to introduce you...Read More »
Although there are more than 40 ACDIS local chapters and networking groups in operation throughout the country, there may not be one in your particular state or geographic region.Read More »
Whether within a department, across a large health system, or across the globe, the way in which a message is delivered is often as important as the message itself.Read More »
By Tracy Boldt, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, and Ellen Jantzer, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC
Step one in the prospective process, is for the CDI specialist to pull an initial worklist from the patient population lists within each office. Which offices covered, and the frequency of visits...Read More »
The diagnosis of malnutrition has long been in the sights of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for audits and denials. In fact, just as recently as December 2017, the OIG found...Read More »
Q:I have a question about Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports (PEPPER). How does a high volume of cases with a single CC or MCC affect the mortality index?Read More »