CMS announced there are new COVID-19 vaccine and vaccine administration codes, both in MLN Connects and the Federal Register. In their coverage of this update, ICD10 Monitor said to visit the ...Read More »
Q: A few facilities in our system have a schedule for certain units, such as the trauma unit. The physicians listed are the ones scheduled to cover those units. We are being instructed to go ahead and query those physicians if we see an opportunity even if the provider has not...Read More »
ACDIS has found so many helpful insights from the data in our 2022 CDI Week Industry Survey results. Chief among them is the data surrounding CDI programs’ statuses as onsite, hybrid, or fully remote. For context, only 13.43% of respondents were 100% remote prior to the pandemic. During the...Read More »
As CDI Week grows ever nearer, ACDIS is compiling suggestions for our “Under the Sea-DI” celebrations. Though the CDI community is spread out across the nation, CDI Week makes sure we never feel oceans apart. So, ...Read More »
ACDIS is looking for speakers to present for our ACDIS Online: CDI Symposium for Outpatient Efforts three-day virtual conference, held December 6-8, 2022. This event will feature unparalleled educational tracks focusing on all the expertise surrounding outpatient settings,...Read More »
Planning for a chapter training or education program takes a few steps, and an important one for chapter leaders to get done is applying to offer continuing education units (CEU). Leaders need to apply for pre-approval 30 days before the meeting date so that ACDIS can review, approve, and...Read More »
Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking with our very own CDI education specialist Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CDIP, CCDS, on Wednesday’s episode of the ACDIS Podcast. Dawn...Read More »
Experiencing lingering symptoms after testing positive for COVID-19, or “long COVID,” has been a monitored condition since the height of the pandemic. But only recently have studies been...Read More »