CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 51

Note from the Editorial Manager: Holiday office closure

December 25, 2025
ACDIS Guidance

by Karla Kozak

Wishing you a warm holiday season from all of us at ACDIS! As this year draws to an end, we hope your celebrations are filled with warmth, love, and laughter.

While wonderful and joyous, celebrating the holidays can also be a bit chaotic, as you seek to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 51

News: CMS relaunches PEPPER for short-term acute care hospitals

December 25, 2025
News, Quality & Regulatory

CMS recently relaunched the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) for short-term acute care hospitals, restoring these...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 51

Q&A: Educating providers on problem list usage

December 25, 2025
Ask ACDIS, Education

Q: How should CDI professionals work with providers to educate them on appropriate problem list usage?

A: Ultimately, for conditions that should be resolved upon discharge, it’s important for providers to update those problems lists in...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 51

ACDIS update: 2025 CDI Strategies roundup

December 25, 2025
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS, News

The ACDIS offices will be closed until Monday, January 5. We hope you’re spending time recharging as we enter the new year as well. While we’re out, we wanted to provide you with our top CDI Strategies articles from 2025. This year, we published 57 editions of CDI Strategies, ...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 51

ACDIS update: ACDIS CEUs offered throughout 2025

December 25, 2025
ACDIS Guidance, Education

One of the most valuable resources the CDI community says they appreciate about ACDIS is the access to free CEU offerings. While an ACDIS membership also provides plenty of discounts ($100 on registration off for the annual ACDIS conference and $100 on both exam and recertification costs for...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 51

ACDIS update: Use your holiday downtime to apply to speak at RIS 2026, AHIMA26!

December 25, 2025
ACDIS Guidance, Education

If you’re looking for ways to further your professional development in 2026 and share your hard-won CDI expertise with the broader community, we encourage you to use some of your holiday downtime to apply to speak at an upcoming industry event!

First, consider applying to speak at the ...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 51

Local chapter update: Review the annual chapter agreement form before January!

December 25, 2025
ACDIS Guidance, Education

With 2026 around the corner, it’s almost that time of year again for leaders to renew ACDIS Local Chapter Agreement Forms! We suggest you take the time to review the document now prior...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 50

Note from the ACDIS Director: Goodbye 2025, hello 2026

December 18, 2025
ACDIS Guidance

by Rebecca Hendren

2025 is rolling to an end and I’m always reminded of the classic Old Father Time imagery we see at the end of the year. We are weary from the trials and tribulations of a year—and this year has certainly felt heavy with those—and we are in the depths of winter...Read More »

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