As part of the ninth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Ashley Chamberland, BSN, RN, CPN, who is the lead ambulatory CDI specialist at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in...Read More »
Now more than a decade removed from CDI programs’ widespread adoption, CDI professionals have an impact on nearly all aspects of healthcare—from reimbursement, to quality reporting, to denials prevention and appeal writing, to patient care. That’s what the 2019 CDI Week theme celebrates—“CDI...Read More »
On September 11, ACDIS Director Brian Murphy welcomes Deanne Wilk from Penn State Health to the ACDIS Podcast: Talking CDI where she'll highlight valuable information from her ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI session on “Tackling the problem list.”
The ACDIS Symposium takes place November...Read More »
The 2019 ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI, which takes place November 14-15 at the Hyatt Regency in Austin, Texas, is shaping up to be a wonderful event. With two consecutive educational tracks and more than 20 speakers,...Read More »
Over the next few weeks, the ACDIS Podcast: Talking CDI is pleased to bring you a trio of episodes on outpatient CDI, with guests from some of the best programs operating around the country.Read More »
CDI professionals wishing to earn support from program administrators to attend the 2019 ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI may adapt the following proposal.Read More »
For roughly five years now, the CDI industry has toyed with various ideas about what constitutes an “outpatient” program and how to effectively take successful inpatient programs to the proverbial next level by expanding into “ambulatory” services. Over time,...Read More »
A recent study published in the JAMA from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice found that accountable care organization (ACO) care management and coordination activities were not associated with improved outcomes or spending in patients with complex needs.Read More »