We have physician advisors who assist care management with observation cases and converting those cases to inpatient status when appropriate. They also do peer-to-peer reviews in real time. We’ve also started to incorporate the physician advisors into the CDI process. We review cases with them...Read More »
Are you a local chapter leader or vendor hosting an event that you think could quality for CCDS or CCDS-O continuing education units (CEU)? Apply to offer those CEUs to your attendees early to ensure your application is processed in time for your event!
ACDIS is currently offering a couple special deals to CDI professionals for furthering their careers and education.
ACDIS Boot Camps are a high-quality educational resource and cost-effective training solution to help you stay up-to-date and complaint amidst ever-changing healthcare...Read More »
This piece was originally published in the California ACDIS chapter newsletter. Please feel free to share its message in your own chapter newsletters as well or follow suit and write a similar message yourself.
by Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC
If you really want to see smoke come out of my ears and my eyes roll, refer to CDI as a “retirement job.” I’ve heard such descriptions since I started in this specialty 14 years ago. What exactly does that description mean? I...Read More »
Researchers estimate that since the start of the pandemic, the number of COVID-19 cases in the United States is nearly three times higher than the reported confirmed number, according to...Read More »