As a benefit of ACDIS membership, ACDIS Quarterly Calls feature members of the ACDIS administration and CDI community to discuss concerns prevalent within the CDI industry and provide education. Each call is approved for one (1) ACDIS continuing education credit, which can be used toward your...Read More »
Not sure what to expect at this year’s ACDIS conference? Join us on January 25, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. eastern to find out what you can Discover at the 2024 conference, to be held April 8–11 in Indianapolis! During...Read More »
The good word of CDI has spread across the nation over the last few decades, and more recently crossed borders to a friendly place known for its maple syrup and moose! While not everything CDI can be translated cleanly over national borders, our neighbor Canada...Read More »
As anyone who participates in their local chapter can attest, networking opportunities can open doors and create lasting connections and friendships! Since being able to network and learn with peers is harder to come by in person, these days, ACDIS wants to help local chapters get together at...Read More »
Examinations bring a lot of anxiety and stress, whether they are 10 minutes in person for a Q&A session or four hours of digital clicking. I was sailing in the same boat a month back when I took my CCDS certification exam in the last...Read More »
The first key to mounting a successful documentation improvement initiative is to understand the most valuable commodity to all providers: time. This is true within both the inpatient and outpatient realms. Anything that increases a...Read More »
Mary Alice Dewees, BSN, RN, CCDS, CRC, is the director of CDI and professional billing audit and education at Hartford HealthCare in Connecticut. This fall, she will have been in CDI for 15 years.
ACDIS: What did you do before entering CDI and how did you get into...Read More »