CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 49

ACDIS update: Showcase your team—Submit an award nomination, craft a poster!

November 2, 2023
ACDIS Guidance

We know that CDI teams and individual professionals do amazing things in their day-to-day work, making measurable differences for their organizations, colleagues, and their patient populations. To honor the work that your colleagues do every day, we encourage you to nominate them for our ACDIS...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 49

ACDIS update: Future communication with the ACDIS team

November 2, 2023
ACDIS Guidance

As you are well aware, HCPro has been acquired by AHIMA and with that external acquisition came an internal transitional period in ACDIS. Though we can safely report that the transition is smoothly ongoing...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 49

Local chapter update: Submit speaker and product requests through the Local Chapter Request Form!

November 2, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, Education

If you are an ACDIS local chapter leader, there are many wonderful things made available to you; however, did you know that your local chapter can receive two free ACDIS products to better facilitate local ACDIS events?

Not only that, but if you are looking to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 48

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Resources for mortality reviews

October 26, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

by Linnea Archibald

It may seem rather macabre to discuss mortality reviews the week before Halloween, but it’s become a hot topic among ACDIS members and CDI friends and bears discussion. In fact, when ACDIS called for submissions focused on mortality reviews for the March/April...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 48

News: Nearly half of providers have seen denial rates increase in 2023, survey shows

October 26, 2023
Denials & Appeals, News

Nearly 50% of providers have seen an overall increase in their denials rate compared to the previous year, according to a recent survey commissioned by AKASA. Another 27% said they saw no change, and 26% reported a decrease from 2022 to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 48

News: COVID viral load peaks later compared to early in the pandemic, study says

October 26, 2023
Clinical & Coding, News

Viral load in COVID-19 infection in the Omicron era peaks about four days after the onset of symptoms, according to a new paper published in Clinical...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 48

News: Health systems urge CMS to extend waiver for billing telehealth services to Medicare

October 26, 2023
CDI Expansion, News

More than 110 organizations have signed a letter to the CMS asking to extend a waiver which allows providers to bill Medicare for telehealth services delivered...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 48

Q&A: Querying for more accurate pediatric sepsis reporting

October 26, 2023
Ask ACDIS, Physician Queries

Q: What have been the most common queries for pediatric sepsis that providers encounter? In other words, what criteria should coders look out for?

Wendy Arafiles, MD: There are a couple angles. We sometimes send out responses to clinical...Read More »

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