ACDIS is seeking to learn more about CDI efforts in the home healthcare space. This is driven in part by the recent implementation of the PDGM. We are gathering a focus group to discuss identified CDI opportunities and best practices and are seeking applicants with experience in this area.Read More »
When the CDI team at LHS in Portland, Oregon, began to develop a record review process and documentation standards, they quickly discovered that there were no clear formal industry standards. In an effort to streamline and standardize the CDI review and documentation process, LHS undertook a...Read More »
The ACDIS Chapter Advisory Board (CAB) includes a dozen volunteers with various levels of experience serving local chapters and networking groups.Read More »
To our ACDIS members and CDI professionals interested in the CCDS and CCDS-O examinations,
Below please find an official release from our testing partner PSI regarding additional safety measures being put into place at our more than 300 testing centers nationwide as a result...Read More »
I received an email from a CCDS holder recently whose certification was about to expire. She said she had not received any email reminders from us. I confirmed her email address is the same one I have in the CCDS database.
Insufficient documentation led to approximately $23 billion in improper Medicare payments in FY 2017, the GAO said in a March 27 report. GAO recommended that CMS assess and strengthen documentation requirements and medical reviews to more...Read More »
The AMA and UnitedHealthcare announced a collaboration to better address social determinants of health by standardizing how this data is collected and processed through the creation of nearly...Read More »
A sepsis surveillance and treatment initiative at Frederick Memorial Hospital has slashed the facility’s mortality rate for the deadly infection by 65% from 2012 to 2016.Read More »