It's time to gather nominations for the CDI Professional of the Year, at be awarded at the seventh annual ACDIS Conference, May 7–9, 2014, in Las Vegas.
In addition to the CDI Professional of the Year, ACDIS will also award two members with the...Read More »
A new position paper written by the ACDIS Advisory Board (see the Position Paper section of the website) seeks to clearly define the CDI specialist’s role and establish professional standards for implementing new programs, redefining an existing department, or hiring new staff members.
As of this writing, it appears that ICD-10 will be delayed at least another year. Note my use of “at least” because the actual language in the bill does not include a new enforcement date, but says “no earlier” than 2015.
The bill, H.R. 4302 – Protecting Access to Medicare (...Read More »
ACDIS has grown so much after almost two decades as an association, but each year we look forward to further progress—and that starts with you! We are currently seeking feedback from the whole CDI community on how well ACDIS is meeting your needs as a CDI professional, how useful our educational...Read More »
In 2008, only 11% of respondents to an ACDIS poll indicated their CDI program either reviewed outpatient records for documentation improvement opportunities or were looking to expand into outpatient areas (8% and 3% respectively).
How has the climate changed? Of the more than 400...Read More »
Maybe you’ve wondered how ACDIS Director Brian Murphy, ACDIS Membership Services Specialist Penny Richards, and I manage to keep everything here at ACDIS National going to so smoothly all the time. (Truth be told, we often wonder about that ourselves.)
I encourage you to let your hair down and have fun while you’re at our upcoming annual conference at Bally’s Hotel in May on the strip—it’s what Vegas is all about! But I can promise you that you’re also going to learn a lot about CDI in three days, vital information that you can take back and...Read More »
