CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 20

Local chapter update: Inspired displays from chapters, networking groups at 2025 ACDIS conference!

May 15, 2025
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Education

Just like that, the 2025 ACDIS conference has come and gone! Last week, more than 1,000 CDI professionals, speakers, exhibitors, and ACDIS and HCPro staff met in sunny Florida for several days of education, networking, and fun. And on State Pride Day, which took place on Day 2 of the conference...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 19

Note from the Editorial Manager: Seek inspiration from our 2025 ACDIS Achievement Award recipients!

May 8, 2025
ACDIS Guidance

by Karla Kozak

It’s hard to believe that another ACDIS conference has come and gone this week! I know I say this every year, but we really appreciate all of you who came out to sunny Florida for three days of learning and networking. There’s truly no experience like the ACDIS...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 19

News: 42% of patients with severe mental illness report obesity and poor eating habits, survey reports

May 8, 2025
Clinical & Coding, News

Patients with severe mental illness (SMI), which was defined as a diagnosis of  bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, or schizophrenia, have reported high levels of obesity and poor health, a new...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 19

News: Hospitals face uncertain economic stability heading into 2025, AHA report shows

May 8, 2025
CDI Management, News

Hospitals continue to face unmitigated financial pressures as 2025 progresses, according to a new American Hospital Association (AHA) report.

Per the report, United States hospitals in 2025 face “a perfect storm of financial pressures:...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 19

News: Cardiac surgery practices influence development of post-operative AKI, study suggests

May 8, 2025
Clinical & Coding, News

A new study has found an association between hospital- and clinician-level operating practices and the development of acute kidney injury (AKI) post-cardiac operation.

The study, released in JAMA...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 19

Q&A: Workflows for querying, malnutrition, and pathology

May 8, 2025
Ask ACDIS, CDI Management

Q: I am interested in others’ approaches to certain risk adjustment diagnoses like malnutrition and pathology results. At our facility, the CDI department writes all the queries, so the coder will send a request to query to the CDI specialist if the attending physician has not...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 19

Conference corner: Thank you to our ACDIS Events Committee!

May 8, 2025
ACDIS Guidance

This week, CDI professionals from across the country traveled to Orlando for four days of networking and learning at the 2025 ACDIS Conference. As always, our agenda was packed with the latest CDI hot topics, regulatory updates, and innovative practices.

Each summer, the ACDIS Events...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 19

Conference corner: Apply to speak at the 2026 ACDIS conference!

May 8, 2025
ACDIS Guidance

ACDIS is seeking speakers to present at the following in-person events in Chicago:

  • ACDIS Conference (April 20–23, 2026)
  • ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI (April 19–20,
    • ...Read More »

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