CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 29

ACDIS update: Share the CDI Week Industry Survey with your chapter members, help gather data!

July 17, 2025
ACDIS Guidance, Education, News

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data”—Sherlock Holmes

Each year, ACDIS works hard to gather all the needed data to provide the CDI community with the most up-to-date information regarding the state of the industry. But we can’t do that without you—so put your...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 28

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Be a part of your CDI leadership community

July 10, 2025
ACDIS Guidance

by Linnea Archibald

Since fall 2019, the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council has provided the space for leaders in the industry to connect, collaborate, build valuable relationships, advance their program goals, and identify...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 28

News: CMS plans a new prior authorization pilot program for traditional Medicare

July 10, 2025
News, Quality & Regulatory

CMS released an announcement that traditional Medicare will add prior authorization (PA) requirements in six states for specific services, with a pilot...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 28

News: Type 2 diabetes tied to mortality in both ischemic, nonischemic HF, study finds

July 10, 2025
Clinical & Coding, News

Patients with type 2 diabetes were found to have a 20%-26% higher mortality rate than those without diabetes after either an ischemic or nonischemic heart failure (HF), according to a recent study published in ...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 28

News: CMS releases FY 2026 ICD-10-CM code update

July 10, 2025
News, Quality & Regulatory

CMS recently released the fiscal year (FY) 2026 ICD-10-CM update, which includes 487 new diagnosis codes effective October 1, 2025. The new codes cover a range of diagnoses, so be sure to review the code...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 28

Q&A: Establishing an organizational definition of sepsis

July 10, 2025
Ask ACDIS, Policies & Procedures

Q: I am working in conjunction with a sepsis coordinator for my organization and we are putting together a business case as to why we need an organizational definition of sepsis. I know that several other organizations have mentioned that they were able to accomplish this. Can you...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 28

Conference corner: Reach new professional heights and apply to speak at 2026 ACDIS events!

July 10, 2025
ACDIS Guidance

Speaking in front of a crowd may seem like a very big “trust fall” exercise with strangers, but as dozens of CDI professionals can tell you, there is no better place to get outside your comfort zone and try your hand at presenting on a CDI topic you’re passionate about than an ACDIS event! Right...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 19, Issue 28

ACDIS update: ACDIS is growing! Come work with us as a CDI instructor!

July 10, 2025
ACDIS Guidance

Do you have a passion for CDI education and a drive to make a difference for the CDI community? ACDIS is growing and is currently seeking fulltime CDI instructors to join our ranks, and we’d love to receive your application!

Our instructors—or more formally, ACDIS CDI education...Read More »

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