CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 20

ACDIS update: Are queries part of the permanent medical record at your organization? Answer the latest poll!

May 19, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, Policies & Procedures

ACDIS polls are a great way to get a snapshot of data that you can leverage to benchmark your CDI efforts, answer a pressing question, or identify an area of potential expansion. In many cases, the polling questions you see on our website homepage are...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 20

ACDIS update: Submit your clinical and coding tips to the CDI Journal, earn CEUs

May 19, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, Education

ACDIS is always looking for folks from the CDI community to contribute to the CDI Journal, but currently we’re specifically looking for submissions to our July/August edition of the Journal, which will be focused on clinical and coding concerns relevant to CDI. The deadline for...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 20

Local chapter update: Need meeting topic ideas? Use ACDIS’ resources!

May 19, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Even with plenty of advanced planning, local chapters and networking groups planning events may run into roadblocks when it comes to speaker recruitment. If you’re experiencing this problem, here are a few ways you can leverage ACDIS’ existing offerings for meeting topics without having to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 19

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Ways to connect with your CDI peers

May 12, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, Education

by Linnea Archibald

It’s hard to believe that the 2022 ACDIS national conference has already come and gone. A week ago, the ACDIS team was closing up shop at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, and getting ready to return to our respective homes...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 19

News: Hospitalists more likely to bill high-severity encounters compared to non-hospitalists, study shows

May 12, 2022
Clinical & Coding, News

Hospitalists coded a significantly higher proportion of Medicare beneficiaries as high severity compared to non-hospitalists, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 19

News: National Quality Forum rejects appeal on sepsis measure

May 12, 2022
Clinical & Coding, News

The National Quality Forum (NQF) rejected an appeal of its decision to endorse the Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Management Bundle (or SEP-1) measure for treating sepsis. The NQF originally endorsed the measure in 2013, and it was first...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 19

News: Leapfrog Group gives 33% of U.S. hospitals an “A” grade for patient safety

May 12, 2022
News, Quality & Regulatory

The Leapfrog Group conducted an analysis of 2,844 United States hospitals, and one-third of the facilities earned an “A” grade for patient safety,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 19

Q&A: Reporting malnutrition based on dietitian documentation

May 12, 2022
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I’ve heard that the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) criteria cannot be applied to diagnose malnutrition based solely on the dietitian’s documentation. Can you please elaborate on why this is the case?Read More »

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