CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 56

ACDIS update: Help take the pulse of the CDI industry with ACDIS’ latest surveys and polls

December 6, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

ACDIS released a couple surveys and a new polling question in the past few weeks. Your input matters tremendously as it provides the administration and the volunteer boards and committees with feedback to tailor services to members’ needs.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 56

Conference corner: Full 2019 agenda available now

December 6, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Over the past few months, the 2019 Conference Committee has been hard at work selecting the final speakers and setting out a well-balanced agenda for the 2019 event. Finally, the committee is ready to share their work with the ACDIS community.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 56

ACDIS tips: GLIM resources for glum CDI professionals

December 6, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, Education

For an in-depth look at the new criteria, join ACDIS and Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, principal of Pinson & Tang LLC and acclaimed author of the CDI Pocket Guide, on Thursday, December 13, 1-2:30 p.m. eastern, for an in-depth webinar on the topic....Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 56

Local chapter update: Reminder to volunteer leaders to take advantage of leadership benefits

December 6, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Local chapter volunteer leaders receive certain benefits as a thank you from national for their ongoing efforts. If you are an ACDIS local chapter or network leader and are unsure of your leadership benefits, please reach out to your local chapter leadership team to discuss these benefits...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 55

ACDIS tip: Educating physicians on clinical validation processes

April 12, 2019
Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

By Cheryl Ericson, RN, MS, CCDS, CDIP, and Cathy Farraher, RN, MBA, CCM, CCDS

Without a team that is fully engaged, it is impossible to maintain a compliant organization in terms of documentation. As time passes and clinical teams become more accustomed to, and comfortable with,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 55

Note from the ACDIS Director: Charting the Course for a successful 2019

November 29, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

By Brian Murphy

I can still recall in vivid detail our first ACDIS conference back in June of 2008. We had to submit a plan to Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas to reserve rooms and space and had no prior track record with which to make our forecast.

“Hmm, 85 sounds like a...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 55

News: Medicare FFS improper payment rate at its lowest since 2010

November 29, 2018
News, Quality & Regulatory

CMS announced that it achieved improper payment rate reductions in 2018 in Medicare FFS, Medicare Part C, Medicare Part D, Medicaid, and...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 55

News: U.S. News and World Report plans to abandon PSIs, embrace HCAHPS

November 29, 2018
News, Quality & Regulatory

U.S. News & World Report plans to stop using PSIs as a metric, no longer factoring those measures into its specialty rankings of the nation’s best hospitals.Read More »

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