Longstanding ACDIS members know I’m not one to shy away from a good extended metaphor. Today, is June 1. Spring has given up her blooms. The petals have fallen away from the tulips and the daffodil heads have dropped or been plucked by those dedicated...Read More »
“Simply put, the advent of EHRs and e-queries changed how CDI specialists work—and the days of misplaced paper queries and incoherent penmanship are all but gone,” according to a special report out from ACDIS and HealthLeaders Media.Read More »
Though CDI efforts traditionally focused on the acute inpatient side of the healthcare continuum, the spotlight has steadily been shifting and expanding to more settings. The May/June edition of the CDI Journal...Read More »
Local chapter leaders from all over the country showed their ACDIS pride on Day 2 of the national conference in Las Vegas last week. (Read more about them in the special conference daily.)
Wow, ACDIS is turning 10. Sometimes I still find it hard to wrap my head around that fact. We’ve managed to accomplish a lot in our first decade, growing from little more than an idea in 2006, to launch in October 2007, to more than 5,400 members nationwide,...Read More »
By E.S. Damalie, MD, FACHE, FHFMA, RHIA, CCDS, CDIP, CCS
For some organizations, CDI may be something new; an innovative dream touted as beneficial to the organization. To others, CDI exists in its rudimentary form. Yet there are others who may have CDI programs operating at that...Read More »
While I love each of our CDI-related courses, this one if my absolute favorite course to teach as it covers so many angles of the CDI practice. Many look at risk adjustment as it relates to outpatient CDI practice. The concepts we...Read More »
Healthcare organizations need to make crucial decisions based on the perceived risk of their patient populations. To do this, organizations need a complete picture of their population.Read More »
