While ACDIS only requires chapters hold two meetings per year in order to be considered an “active” chapter, we recommend four meetings per year to keep chapter members engaged and connected throughout the year.
In normal times, ACDIS recommends holding virtual meetings...Read More »
Each fall we join our revenue cycle, quality, and coding colleagues in a race to read and understand the impacts of the newest ICD-10-CM coding changes and the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule. As CDI professionals, we can...Read More »
The CDI role is diversifying, expanding. Opportunities are growing. During our February ACDIS Quarterly Conference Call my colleagues and I reviewed the data from the most recent CDI Salary Survey...Read More »
It’s easy to complain about CMS rules, regulations, and coding guidance from the likes of the Cooperating Parties or the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Coding Clinic. Certainly, over the years we’ve seen guidance we’ve disagreed with, or believed...Read More »
by Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC
If you really want to see smoke come out of my ears and my eyes roll, refer to CDI as a “retirement job.” I’ve heard such descriptions since I started in this specialty 14 years ago. What exactly does that description mean? I...Read More »
