As part of the upcoming 13th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Alyce Reavis, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCS, CDI auditing coordinator at Evangelical Community Hospital in...Read More »
With our newest September/October issue published, ACDIS is ending the year with one of our favorite topics: CDI and quality! Considering how much of CDI efforts involve documenting quality of care, it’s...Read More »
Did you know that currently, more than 41% of CDI professionals say they have a career ladder in place in their department, and more than 22% say their department offers financial incentives to staff for earning CDI-specific credentials? Did you know that 81.27% of CDI professionals put sepsis...Read More »
ACDIS is always of the opinion that CDI efforts need more recognition, and each year during CDI Week we spend extra time to help make that happen. The 2023 Furthering Education Committee has worked hard to put together resources for you and your team so...Read More »
Summer break is over, and local chapters and networking groups have a ton of education in store for the month of September! On top of that, it’s the month of CDI Week, when the CDI community focuses on spreading awareness, education, and recognition for...Read More »
by Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC
We had a mid-August surprise with an early release of the third quarter Coding Clinic. It contained 28 pages of advice, much of which was very interesting and somewhat surprising. Because I can’t cover the release in...Read More »
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a new set of guidelines for the management and treatment of sepsis, according to MedPageToday.
A recent study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine analyzed the effect of the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) on hospital mortality and found that each 1% decrease in...Read More »
