CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 28

ACDIS update: Get to know ACDIS’ boards and committees

June 21, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management

ACDIS is built and sustained by its many volunteers serving on the boards and committees. Without these folks, ACDIS’ offerings and support for the CDI profession would be much thinner, so the ACDIS team wanted to take a moment to introduce you...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 28

Local chapter update: Starting a local chapter in your neighborhood

June 21, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

Although there are more than 40 ACDIS local chapters and networking groups in operation throughout the country, there may not be one in your particular state or geographic region.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 28

Tip: Improve communication to break down silo barriers

June 21, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management

Whether within a department, across a large health system, or across the globe, the way in which a message is delivered is often as important as the message itself.Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 27

Book excerpt: Prospective and retrospective outpatient CDI review process

February 22, 2019
CDI Expansion, Physician Queries, Outpatient CDI

By Tracy Boldt, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, and Ellen Jantzer, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC

Step one in the prospective process, is for the CDI specialist to pull an initial worklist from the patient population lists within each office. Which offices covered, and the frequency of visits...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 27

Note from the ACDIS Editor: ACDIS resources on malnutrition

June 14, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

By Linnea Archibald

The diagnosis of malnutrition has long been in the sights of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for audits and denials. In fact, just as recently as December 2017, the OIG found...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 27

Q&A: CC/MCC capture and mortality indexing in PEPPER reports

June 14, 2018
Ask ACDIS, Quality & Regulatory

Q: I have a question about Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports (PEPPER). How does a high volume of cases with a single CC or MCC affect the mortality index?Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 27

News: Hospital acquired conditions fall 8%, saving $2.9 billion in healthcare spending

June 14, 2018
News, Quality & Regulatory

Hospital-acquired conditions (HAC) declined by 8% between 2014 and 2016, preventing an estimated 8,000 deaths and $2.9 billion in healthcare costs, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 27

News: National Guidelines, Quality Measures Clearinghouse shutting down

June 14, 2018
News, Quality & Regulatory

The National Guidelines Clearinghouse and the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse, under the auspices of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), will be closing on July 16 due to a...Read More »

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