by Jessie Roske, MD, FHM
As healthcare systems look to replicate successful CDI programs outside of large complex community or academic health centers, there are unique considerations for rural settings. Of course, “rural” is a social, economic, and cultural descriptor, whereas...Read More »
Did you know that just by taking advantage of the CEUs offered through the CDIJournal, ACDIS Podcast, Quarterly Calls, and the CDI Week webinar, you could earn 24 CEUs per year toward your CCDS/CCDS-O recertification?
ACDIS periodically offers free single or multi-day...Read More »
by Jess Fluegel
Expanding into psychiatric units or facilities is a step that CDI programs may take because of their current patient population, a newly acquired center, or just another chance to improve their risk adjustment factor (RAF) score. Though she’s now spent nearly four...Read More »
Earlier this week, local chapter and networking group leaders should have received an email from ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald with the local chapter agreement contract which...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald
According to the 2022 CDI Salary Survey, 20.25% of respondents currently review neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) charts. Despite that relatively high rate of review, CDI and coding educational...Read More »
by Cathy Farraher Nakhoul, RN, BSN, MBA, CCM, CCDS
Mortality reviews are never fun because you are reviewing the chart of a human being who expired. It’s important to remember that when you begin the undertaking, your task is similar in gravity to the nurse’s job of preparing the...Read More »
by JoAnne Mullins, DNP, MSN, RN, CCDS
Quality is a hot topic with healthcare organizations and has been discussed at ACDIS annual conferences for several years now. Your CDI department may strive to improve the accuracy, clarity, and specificity of provider documentation in the...Read More »
by Susan Wallace, MEd, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRC, FAHIMA
Inpatient CDI specialists and coders serve an integral role in hospital mortality reviews. They understand the importance of capturing CC/MCC secondary diagnoses to establish severity of illness (SOI) and concepts like “4/4...Read More »