by Melissa Varnavas
As you read this, maybe you’re thinking about what you might have been doing at this moment in an alternate reality where the global pandemic never hit.
It bears repeating that our hearts go out to those who have lost their jobs, been put on furlough,...Read More »
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently published a checklist to help physician practices transition to the new evaluation and management (E/M) coding and documentation guidelines slated to take effect January 2021, JustCoding reported.
by Linnea Archibald
Since the United States reported its first case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in early January 2020, things have changed at a daily pace. At the time of this edition’s publishing, there have been more than three million COVID-19 cases worldwide and more...Read More »
At our organization, we’re struggling to effectively onboard new CDI specialists that have limited prior CDI experience. What vendors, technology support, or boot camps have you used for effective onboarding?Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
