CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 38

Career Center: This week’s featured job postings

September 1, 2016
News

 We recently had a customer reach out to us looking for a new job in CDI. She had decades of nursing experience, and asked us to point her to a site where she could filter search results by job title (i.e. CDI specialist), location (i.e. her home state), and by whether or not they had a remote...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 38

Conference Update: Apply to speak at the 2017 ACDIS conference

September 1, 2016
News

Want to present at the 10th Annual ACDIS Conference, to be held May 9-12, 2017 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV? Applications are due Monday, September 12, and can be accessed...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 37

Conference Update: Things to do in Las Vegas, part 2

March 24, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Last week on the blog, we provided readers with a list of fun indoor activities to keep you busy when you’re not in the conference. If hiking and adventuring are more your speed, though, the Las Vegas area offers a wide range of attractions for you as well.

Below is a list of suggested...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 37

A Note from the Instructors: The essence of CDI

August 25, 2016
ACDIS Guidance, News

by Laurie Prescott, RN- MSN, CCDS, CDIP

I recently celebrated my third anniversary working for ACDIS and HCPro. We are currently training a new instructor, and that has made me a bit reminiscent of my last few years and my career in CDI. I honestly think this is the best job in...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 37

Local Chapter Update: Central Pennsylvania chapter meets next week

March 24, 2017

The central Pennsylvania ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, March 31, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Pinnacle Health Community General Osteopathic Hospital in Harrisburg.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 37

News: CMS says hospitals received nearly $1.5 billion in 2015 Medicare billing settlement

August 25, 2016
News, Quality & Regulatory

CMS doled out $1.5 billion to more than a third of U.S. hospitals as part of a longstanding Medicare billing dispute, according to data released by the agency. The top payouts include New York-Presbyterian Hospital ($16 million), North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York ($14.5...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 37

Deciphering documentation and coding dilemmas for altered mental status webinar April 6!

March 24, 2017

Join us for a webinar regarding coding and documentation for altered mental status on April 6, 1 p.m. EST!

Altered mental status is an ambiguous symptom within ICD-10-CM. The role of the CDI specialist is to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 37

News: Patient misidentification cost hospitals thousands, study finds

August 25, 2016
News, Quality & Regulatory

Hospitals on average misidentify between 7% and 10% of incoming patients when registration staff search the electronic health record (EHR) database for patient records, according to Becker's Hospital CFO.Read More »

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