CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 3

ACDIS update: Call for international users to fill out ACDIS poll

January 16, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

As ACDIS has grown over the last decade-plus, the CDI profession has expanded as well, reaching healthcare organizations outside the United States. ACDIS has two international local chapters—Australia and the Eastern Mediterranean—but we’d love to know where else our members hail from to best...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 14, Issue 3

Quality reviews: A marathon, not a sprint

May 1, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory

by Carolyn Riel
“When I started here, it was all CC/MCCs we were looking at,” says Peggy Rice, RN, BSN, MBA, CCDS, CDI specialist at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah. As the CDI program matured over time, however, its focus shifted to quality...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 3

ACDIS update: Last chance to respond to the ACDIS Query Survey

January 16, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS, Physician Queries

Have you responded yet to the latest physician query survey? This 16-question survey should only take you about five minutes to complete, and will help us at ACDIS measure where we are in terms of CDI query efforts compared to a 2017 benchmarking survey.Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 14, Issue 3

Guest column: CDI, case management collaboration on observation reviews

May 1, 2020
CDI Expansion

by Lisa Romanello, MSHI, BSN, RN, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, and Kerry Termaat, BSN, RN

There has been an enormous growth in observation stays in recent years. According to a...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 3

ACDIS update: 2020 conference poster presentation submission open

January 16, 2020
ACDIS Guidance

The 2020 ACDIS national conference agenda is finalized, (take a look at all the great sessions in store) but the call for poster presentations is still open. Those selected will be eligible for $200 off their conference registration.

For those unfamiliar, the poster presentations are a...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 14, Issue 3

Case study: Breaking down silos

May 1, 2020

by Carolyn Riel
Departmental silos are prevalent in the healthcare world and can lead to unvoiced frustrations and counterproductive work. Different organizations have different approaches to breaking down these walls, often through regular interdepartmental meetings or...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 3

Local chapter update: New year, new you?

January 16, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS, CDI Expansion

The gyms are crowded this time of year. The first week of January, not so much. Second week of January, traffic picks up. Third week of January, the gym gets packed as people begin to realize that the month is almost passed them by and their get healthy, get thin, get more involved resolutions...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 14, Issue 3

Physician's corner: Clinical validation, denials prevention, and appeals

May 1, 2020
Denials & Appeals

by Alba Kuqi, MD, CICA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRCR, CSMC
The Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting Section I.A.19 titled “Code assignment and Clinical Criteria” says the following:

The assignment of a diagnosis code is based on the provider...Read More »

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