CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 2

ACDIS update: Contribute to ACDIS publications

January 14, 2021

Everyone has a story to share. Perhaps you’ve come to the CDI profession by way of a career in physical therapy or transitioned into CDI from coding after having been a foreign medical graduate. Perhaps you recently got permission to create a CDI-specific email newsletter targeted to...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 2

Analyst roles highlight the value of CDI

March 1, 2021
CDI Expansion, CDI Management

by Carolyn Riel
As the CDI profession has grown, so has the diversity of job titles represented in the profession. Like many industries, with maturation comes specialization....Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 2

Local chapter update: Preferred format to send your newsletters

January 14, 2021

ACDIS national is always happy to publish chapter newsletters, “save the date” flyers, or other documents to your local chapter or networking group page on the website. However, we do prefer documents saved in PDF format to streamline the process of...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 2

Productivity metric success: Be flexible, communicate openly

March 1, 2021
CDI Management

by Linnea Archibald
Productivity expectations are a tricky topic, often talked about in nonspecific terms that leave those trying to set benchmarks for their department lost in the mist. While productivity metric expectations should be...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 2

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: COVID-19 concerns continue to affect CDI efforts

March 1, 2021
CDI Management

by Melissa Varnavas
By the end of January 2021, the total number of deaths associated with the pandemic neared 450,000, according to John Hopkins’ coronavirus tracker. That’s the official count. Most in healthcare understand that...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 2

Research corner: Collaborating with utilization management, remember to take time for yourself

March 1, 2021
CDI Expansion, CDI Management

by Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS
In one of my posts on the ACDIS Blog, I made an analogy of utilization management (UM) being like...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 2

Slow and steady wins the race: Provider education payoff

March 1, 2021
CDI Management, Education

by Carolyn Riel
One of the main aspects of the CDI role is provider education. But unlike query impacts—both financial and quality related—proving an ROI for educational efforts can be exceptionally difficult. There are no quality scores or rankings, no DRG changes, no concrete...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 2

Physician advisor’s corner: Got data?

March 1, 2021
CDI Management, Education

by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS
So, your organization has a CDI program. How do you know if it’s any good? What positive impact is it having on your facility? Is it achieving everything it can? These questions can be answered only if you have performance data to...Read More »

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