A Note from the Associate Director of Product Development: Which training program is right for me?
by Rebecca Hendren
ACDIS has a number of training and educational materials and it can be hard to decide which program best fits your needs. Our members often ask me to recommend a program for them, so I thought I’d share my short answers to help you figure out which program is best for you.
Our boot camps are our most popular option, covering the basics of the CDI role to more advanced concepts and CDI expansion. Our classes are offered live with our fabulous CDI instructors or online so you can complete the modules at your convenience. Currently we have courses covering the following topics:
- Clinical Documentation Improvement Boot Camp
- CDI for Quality Boot Camp
- Risk Adjustment Documentation and Coding Boot Camp
- ICD-10-PCS for CDI Online Boot Camp
We also have a comprehensive e-learning library, CDI Essential Skills, which is perfect for any new CDI specialist or CDI department onboarding new staff. The online format is engaging and interactive, and covers basic coding and documentation concepts, techniques for provider engagement, and much more.
Finally, I receive a number of inquiries about preparation for the Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) exam. While none of these boot camps are designed to be a credentialing prep class, we do find that the Clinical Documentation Improvement Boot Camp is helpful for those who are interested in the CCDS credential. It covers much of the information that CDI professionals need to master to successfully pass the CCDS exam. Please note, completion of our boot camps does not automatically qualify you to sit for the exam—you must have at least two years’ experience and meet additional requirements.
Stay tuned for more information on our brand new CCDS exam preparation class that is in development for 2017.
Please contact me at rhendren@hcpro.com if you’d like more information on any of these programs.