Q: If the patient reports an elevated temperature at home, can we use that towards reporting systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria or does the elevated temperature have to be taken at the hospital?Read More »
Plus, today only, we’re running a “Throwback Thursday” special! Use the coupon code OPVIP100 to get $100 off your registration today, October 18, only!Read More »
At the time of the 2017 Physician Queries Benchmarking Survey, 48.75% of respondents conducted retrospective, pre-bill reviews and 14.96% conducted post-bill reviews. While this data is only a year and a half old, we know that things sometimes move quickly in CDI.Read More »
The ACDIS Career Center offers members a one-stop-shop for their CDI job hunt. Whether you’re looking to break into the CDI field for the first time, or you’re looking to advance your existing CDI career, there’s likely a job for you on the Career Center.Read More »
The Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) credential is a mark of distinction and an important step in a CDI specialist’s maturation. Local chapters can help foster their members’ professional growth as they pursue certification in a number of ways.Read More »
Ethics. My favorite topic! Being a hopelessly optimistic and naïve person, I am often surprised by unethical behavior. I have seen it in management and employees alike, and it always comes as a shock. Once I have identified this behavior in...Read More »
The annual CDI Salary Survey serves as a benchmark, a stake in the ground, that illustrates the average earnings of those working in the field. In the earliest days of the profession, CDI specialists...Read More »
