Rulemaking regarding Stage 3 meaningful use of electronic health records will be delayed until 2014, according to an announcement by CMS Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner during the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in New Orleans last week.
Q: Our CDI department is developing clarification forms and I have voiced concern with some of the templates. For example, the anemia clarification lists many possible diagnoses including aplastic anemia. If the listed condition would not be clinically acceptable based on the clinical...Read More »
Q:I am the only CDI specialist in our 150-bed facility. I have held the position for three years, and am the first one to do so helping to build the position from the ground up. Being the only CDI, I am on several committees, responsible for continual physician...Read More »
The third annual CDI Week takes place on September 16-20, 2013. ACDIS is looking for several volunteers to help lead 2013 planning efforts, including selecting this year’s theme and suggested activities, publicizing the event, and...Read More »
During the February conference call, ACDIS unveiled its new “Leadership Toolkit” which includes more than 24 different documents, including the official chapter agreement form, an application for the Certified Clinical Documentation...Read More »
New guidelines published in the May 2012 Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics represents a consensus statement of the American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (the Academy) and the American Society for Parental and Enteral Nutrition...Read More »
