CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 14

Q&A: Leading multiple-choice queries

April 7, 2016

Q: We are currently using a hybrid medical record, so we have standard query forms with multiple choice answer options that cannot be modified at this time. We are moving into an electronic medical record, where our queries could be more easily modified. Our compliance office has a...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 14

Local Chapter Update: Upcoming meetings and events

April 7, 2016

The month of April promises a number of educational opportunities for CDI professionals across the country—from St. Louis, Missouri to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and from Elkridge, Maryland to Indianapolis, Indiana. Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 14

Conference Update: Get social with us

April 7, 2016

The conference is next month and the ACDIS office is buzzing with excitement. Our staff cannot wait to meet all of you in person in Atlanta, but, in the meantime, invite you to connect with us on social media. Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 13

Local Chapter Update: Florida local chapter chooses grand prize winner

February 6, 2017
CDI Expansion, News

Look who’s going to the 10th Annual ACDIS conference in Las Vegas! Edna I Betances-Harold, CDIP, CCDS, CCS, of UF Health Shands Hospital and Academic Health Center, won the jackpot thanks to the Florida ACDIS Chapter community. Florida chapter members pay annual dues to help defray...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 13

A Note from the Director: ACDIS Advisory Board responds to new definitions of sepsis, septic shock

March 31, 2016

By: Brian Murphy

As reported in the March 3 edition of CDI Strategies a joint U.S. and international task force recently revised the definitions of sepsis and septic shock. The new definitions and revised criteria were published in the Feb. 23 Journal of the American...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 13

News: Hospital system appeal for mandamus order on HHS denied

March 31, 2016

Another hospital lost its attempt to push through the backlog of denied claims appeals recently. Despite calling the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) bottleneck “grotesque,” the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a Cumberland County (North Carolina) hospital system’s request to force the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 13

News: The CDI leader’s keys to success: Solid partnerships, driving improvements

March 31, 2016

In 2014, 66% of 318 hospitals surveyed by AHIMA had a CDI program in place. If all surveyed facilities that planned to implement a CDI program did so, 80% of responding hospitals would have one. These numbers are likely even higher today as CDI programs become ever more relevant.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 13

Q&A: Respiratory failure in a drug overdose

March 30, 2016

Q: I am looking for documentation or physician education tips related to ventilator management or “respiratory failure” due to combativeness for airway protection and/or toxic/metabolic encephalopathy in a drug overdose.

Many of our providers document “respiratory failure,” when...Read More »

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