CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 25

News: Value-based purchasing initiatives require CDI focus on pre-bill reviews

June 1, 2017
News, Quality & Regulatory

“Ever since CMS announced its goal of transitioning payments to alternative and value based care models, hospitals and healthcare systems have been implementing new processes and technology to support the shift from fee-for-service to value based reimbursement. Most are already participating,”...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 25

Q&A: Understanding late effects

June 1, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS

Q: I am having difficulty understanding “late effects.” The statement of a “condition or nature of the late effect is sequenced first,” but the code for the acute phase of an illness or injury that led to the late effect is never used with a code for the late effect, seems contradictory...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 25

Membership update: ACDIS poll explores CDI education effectiveness

June 1, 2017
Education

Data sheds light into complex topics and can help both ACDIS and ACDIS members evaluate their CDI efforts and industry trends. That data, however, has to come from somewhere. While full-length...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 25

Membership update: CDI Journal explores new horizons for CDI

June 1, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

Though CDI efforts traditionally focused on the acute inpatient side of the healthcare continuum, the spotlight has steadily been shifting and expanding to more settings. The May/June edition of the CDI Journal...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 25

Membership update: Meet the ACDIS team

June 1, 2017
ACDIS Guidance

This year at the 10th annual ACDIS conference, the ACDIS team held their first ever meet-and-greet with attendees. This session gave the team the opportunity to introduce themselves and explain what they can do for the members.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 25

Local chapter updates: Summer plans

June 1, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, News

As summer rapidly approaches and vacation plans become finalized, remember to keep ACDIS in apprised of your local chapter events.Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 24

Q&A: A conversation with Boot Camp Instructor Sharme Brodie

February 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Recently, we chatted with Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CDI education specialist with HCPro in Middleton, Massachusetts, about how she got to where she is, the benefits of on-site training, and her favorite parts of training.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 24

Note from ACDIS Editor: Let your voice be heard

May 25, 2017
ACDIS Guidance

by Linnea Archibald

It’s hard to believe that the ACDIS conference has already come and gone. Though there were many things to love at the 10th annual conference, my favorite part was getting to meet all the lovely attendees and speakers.Read More »

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