Shannon DiSilvestro, BSN, RN, CCDS, is a clinical coding denials specialist at UChicago Medicine and is part of the Northern Illinois ACDIS (NIACDIS) chapter. She has been working in the field for seven years.
ACDIS: What did you do before entering CDI?...Read More »
In 2022, Medicare Advantage (MA) patients only had access to approximately 50% of the physicians available to traditional Medicare patients living in the same area, ...Read More »
As part of the fifteenth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Payal Sinha, MBA, RHIA, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS-O, CRCR, CRC, director of revenue integrity, audit, and...Read More »
A new survey from the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) reveals the top threats facing revenue cycle leaders, according to HealthLeaders.Read More »
The full agenda is now available for the 2025 Revenue Integrity Symposium (RIS), held by ACDIS’ sister association, the National Association of Healthcare Revenue Integrity (NAHRI)! RIS will be held in Westminster, Colorado on September 25-26, 2025.
As Medicare Advantage (MA) plans continue to expand, a new report suggests this growth has had a disproportionate, detrimental impact on rural hospitals and the communities they serve. Read More »
Q: Does anyone have experience with denials based on the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) versus the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) criteria?
Response #1: First, as to criteria, it should...Read More »
