CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 38

It's Clinical Documentation Integrity Week 2020! Let's Celebrate!

September 13, 2020
ACDIS Guidance

The Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) is proud to sponsor the 10th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week. This week is a time to recognize CDI specialists for the critical role they perform within the healthcare industry. It's also a time...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 38

2020 CDI Industry Overview Survey Report available now!

September 13, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Denials & Appeals, CDI Management, Outpatient CDI, Education, Physician Queries, Quality & Regulatory

Every year, ACDIS celebrates clinical documentation specialists with a full week of activities, education, and fun. This year’s CDI Week theme is ACDIS Cinema—CDI: Coming to an Organization Near You, which aims to bring CDI professionals from behind the scenes and into the limelight,...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 14, Issue 37

CDI Week 2021 Q&A: CDI pantry staples (back to basics)

September 13, 2021
Ask ACDIS

As part of the eleventh annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Maryn Griffin, MHA, BSN, RN, CCS, CCDS, CCRN, and PCCN alumnus, the clinical documentation excellence manager of second...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 37

Note from the ACDIS Director: OIG on the airwaves, severe malnutrition denials takes center stage

September 10, 2020
Denials & Appeals

by Brian Murphy

By now most CDI professionals have likely seen the July Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit report, which can be found here. If you haven’t, that...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 37

News: FY 2021 IPPS Final Rule released, ACDIS Regulatory Committee suggestions adopted

September 10, 2020
Clinical & Coding, News

Last week, CMS finally released the long anticipated fiscal year (FY) 2021 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule. There was a delay to the final ruling release because of the COVID-...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 37

News: OIG plans to audit COVID-19 discharges

September 10, 2020
Denials & Appeals, News

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) will begin reviewing Medicare payments for COVID-19 discharges, according to a recent update to its ...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 37

News: One in five clinicians considering leaving primary care in light of COVID-19

September 10, 2020
News

A new survey from the Larry A. Green Center and Primary Care Collaborative on COVID-19 found that one in five primary care clinicians are now considering leaving the primary...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 37

Q&A: Diagnoses that don’t require treatment

September 10, 2020
Ask ACDIS

Would trace/mild/moderate regurgitation be an example of a diagnosis that does not need to be treated?Read More »

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