There’s only a few more days left to get a discounted hotel room rate for the ACDIS Conference. Reserve your room by April 12 to take full advantage of the discount. The conference takes place from...Read More »
ACDIS has new applications for local chapters and vendors to use to request CCDS continuing education units (CEUs). These are editable PDFs. No more writing applications out by hand!Read More »
As the CDI profession grows, more CDI specialists wish to transition to a leadership role. It’s difficult, though, to know how to advance in leadership roles or what roles and responsibilities a CDI specialist in a management position may be tasked with.Read More »
ACDIS leadership really enjoyed listening to and reading the recap of the bi-annual CA ACDIS chapter educational call in the chapter’s newsletter. The call, which took place on March 22, featured a discussion of...Read More »
These days it seems sepsis is constantly in the news. Hardly a day passes where the efficacy of some new life-saving drug is being advocated or disputed, a sepsis DRG downgraded, or Sepsis-2 versus Sepsis-3 definitions debated. We’ve also had some major recent news from the likes of the...Read More »
Residency education offers CDI professionals an opportunity to teach the next generation of physicians about the value of complete and accurate medical record documentation before they start practice on their own.Read More »
Q: If a patient is in a three-tiered DRG, but has a three-day length of stay (LOS), is it correct that the next review need not occur till the LOS equals or exceeds three days? Do we need to capture a possible CC or MCC?