A CFO will typically see the potential of program expansion quickly. The CDI program manager or administrator simply needs to demonstrate the current effectiveness of the program’s efforts compared to the potential benefits of an expanded program—a cost-benefit...Read More »
After several years working as an agency nurse, doing a little bit of everything, from occupational health to psychiatric to home health to case management, Jessica Ward RN, BSN, C-CDI CDI specialist at Madison Health in London, Ohio, was ready for a change.Read More »
ACDIS is excited to introduce the newest member of the ACDIS team— Allen Frady, RN, BSN, CCS, CCDS, AHIMA-Approved ICD 10 CM/PCS Trainer is joining us as our newest CDI Education Specialist and will serve as an instructor in our CDI boot camps.
ACDIS hit a number of milestones in the last year—5,000 members, 3,400 CCDS holders, nearly 2,000 conference attendees. While we’re excited to see our numbers grow, every now and then, we’re contacted by a member unaware of the resources available to them. We want you to be able to make the most...Read More »
AHIMA recently published a clinical validation practice brief in the July 2016 Journal of the American Health Information Management Association, available to AHIMA members on ...Read More »
Kay Kolb RN, MSN, CCDS, a CDI specialist at Kettering Health Network in Ohio has done a little bit of everything before entering CDI in 2003.Read More »
Melinda Scharf, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, regional clinical documentation integrity educator at St. Joseph Hospital in Irvine, California, has worked in CDI since 2008 after serving as a pediatric nurse for 10 years and an ER nurse for 11.
Prior to taking a job as a CDI specialist at United States Navy Hospital in Okinawa, Japan, Jedida Wachira, RN, CDIP, worked for a...