CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 35

CDI Week 2022 Q&A Preview 1: Productivity

September 1, 2022
Ask ACDIS, CDI Management

As part of the upcoming twelfth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Tina L. Medrano, MSN/MSM, RN, CCDS, the CDI manager at ChristianaCare in Delaware, answered these questions....Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 35

ACDIS update: Put the CDI Week State of the Industry webinar on your calendar

September 1, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Insight into the industry can provide CDI professionals with direction for their own professional careers and CDI programs. Join ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald as she hosts a panel on the state of the CDI industry with members of the Furthering Education Committee and a...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 35

ACDIS update: National office closed for Labor Day, September 5

September 1, 2022
ACDIS Guidance

The ACDIS national office will close at 12 p.m. Eastern on Friday, September 2 and remain closed through Monday, September 5, in observance of Labor Day. We will return on Tuesday, September 6 to answer your questions and catch up on anything we may have missed.

In the meantime to keep...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 35

ACDIS update: Free Outpatient PRO demo in two weeks

September 1, 2022
ACDIS Guidance

Join ACDIS Editor and Product Coordinator Karla Accorto on Thursday, September 15 at 2 p.m. Eastern for a demonstration of ACDIS Outpatient PRO, an interactive and...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 35

Local chapter update: Ask your members for meeting topic ideas

September 1, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, Education

It can be a struggle for many local chapter leaders to plan meeting topics, not to mention get a good turnout for the meeting. One of the best ways to garner interest is to simply ask your members what they’d like to learn. Educational opportunities for CDI are always important, but they are...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 34

Note from the Director of Programming: Timely guidance on case mix index published

August 25, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory

by Rebecca Hendren

Does it ever feel like case mix index (CMI) is all some leaders care about? This metric is widely used and often badly misunderstood. For CDI professionals, it can be tough to communicate the realities of CMI and what CDI can influence—and what it cannot....Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 34

News: AHA reports rising patient acuity, driving up hospital costs while payments fall

August 25, 2022
News, Quality & Regulatory

Hospitalized patients have become sicker and more medically complex since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the American Hospital Association (AHA) in a recent report...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 34

News: Psychiatric symptoms may last up to two years post-COVID, study shows

August 25, 2022
Clinical & Coding, News

People who’ve had COVID-19 are at an increased risk for psychiatric and neurologic sequelae compared to other respiratory infections, according to a study recently published in the Lancet Psychiatry...Read More »

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