CDI Journal - Volume 16, Issue 6

Meet a Member: Challenging the status quo

November 1, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS

Fran Jurcak, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, is chief clinical strategist at Iodine Software and a member of the Michigan chapter of ACDIS. She has been in the CDI field for 15 years and has been a repeat presenter at the ACDIS national conference.

ACDIS: What did you...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 16, Issue 5

Download the September/October 2022 edition of the CDI Journal!

September 1, 2022
CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

FEATURES
12 CDI Week 2022 preview
16 Z codes and CDI
31 The CDI puzzle piece in a pediatric settingRead More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 5

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Leveraging the CDI Salary Survey data for career growth

February 3, 2022

by Linnea Archibald

As you may have seen, ACDIS published its 2021 CDI Salary Survey last week. From a strictly academic standpoint, the data is interesting, but...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 16, Issue 5

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Endless opportunities for CDI expansion

September 1, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

by Linnea Archibald
Gone are the days when CDI departments largely confined their efforts to the inpatient acute care setting and considered anything else “cutting edge.” As payment methodologies and quality reporting programs expand and change, CDI programs prove their efficacy...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 5

News: Physician compensation focuses on volume rather than value, study shows

February 3, 2022
News

Despite a push to shift from fee-for-service to value-based payments in healthcare, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Health Forum found that physician...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 16, Issue 5

Guest column: The journey to outpatient and ambulatory CDI

September 1, 2022
CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

by Jennifer A. Boles, BS, COC, CRC, CCDS-O
Many healthcare systems are looking at where to expand next in the outpatient and ambulatory medical group settings. Outpatient CDI is often focused on hospital emergency department (ED) and observation settings. Ambulatory CDI is viewed...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 5

News: Groups urge CMS to use pre-pandemic years for 2022 ACO benchmarks

February 3, 2022
News, Outpatient CDI

The National Association of Accountable Care Organizations (NAACOS) has asked CMS to allow accountable care organizations (ACOs) the option to use pre-pandemic years when setting...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 16, Issue 5

Note from the Instructor: Comfort zones

September 1, 2022
CDI Expansion

by Kim Conner, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O
One of my favorite anonymous quotes in the context of growing one’s CDI practice is, “Great things never came from comfort zones.” CDI practice has grown well past what it initially was and continues to develop beyond the traditional inpatient...Read More »

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