A good dish can and should stand on its own. But everyone knows that certain combinations—peanut butter and jelly, fruit and chocolate, burger and fries—enhance each other’s flavors so famously that the English language has adopted them as shorthand. If two things...Read More »
As a CDI professional, you’re likely familiar with the alphabet soup of regulations impacting your day-to-day work—IPPS, OPPS, MPFS, and more. But perhaps you are less familiar with bigger laws passed further upstream: laws that eventually make their way...Read More »
It was a Tuesday morning when a colleague from a sister facility agreed to meet with me concerning a change in staff workflow. During the conversation, she went over the first two steps. I had to stop her and write them down, then asked her to...Read More »
It’s often remarked that there are only two certainties in life: death and taxes. However, if one briefly examines the field of CDI, one might be inclined to add a third: provider education.
If you want to move water from point A to point C, first you have...Read More »
by Rebecca Truett, PhD, MSN, MBA, RN, CCDS, CCA, CDIP
Just as healthcare continues to evolve and change, a successful CDI program must also evolve and change. Historically, we’ve relied on “productivity” measures to determine success. Traditional key performance indicators (KPI)...Read More »
Each year, ACDIS brings together a small cohort of physician advisors dedicated to brainstorming ideas and solving challenges. This group is known as the Physician Advisor Mastermind and meets virtually every other...Read More »
This is a last call for those interested in speaking at our two 2026 preconference events, the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI and the ACDIS Physician Advisor Forum! Both events will take place April 19–20, 2026, in Chicago. We have extended the speaker application deadline for these two events...Read More »
