We recently had a customer reach out to us looking for a new job in CDI. She had decades of nursing experience, and asked us to point her to a site where she could filter search results by job title (i.e. CDI specialist), location (i.e. her home state), and by whether or not they had a remote...Read More »
Want to present at the 10th Annual ACDIS Conference, to be held May 9-12, 2017 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV? Applications are due Monday, September 12, and can be accessed...Read More »
I recently celebrated my third anniversary working for ACDIS and HCPro. We are currently training a new instructor, and that has made me a bit reminiscent of my last few years and my career in CDI. I honestly think this is the best job in...Read More »
CMS doled out $1.5 billion to more than a third of U.S. hospitals as part of a longstanding Medicare billing dispute, according to data released by the agency. The top payouts include New York-Presbyterian Hospital ($16 million), North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York ($14.5...Read More »
Hospitals on average misidentify between 7% and 10% of incoming patients when registration staff search the electronic health record (EHR) database for patient records, according to Becker's Hospital CFO.Read More »
At this time last year, many CDI specialists, providers, and coders worried about the arrival of ICD-10; some spoke of doomsday scenarios with mountains of claim denials and delayed payments. One year later, the debut of ICD-10 is earning widespread comparisons to Y2K, the turn-of-the-century...Read More »
All those working in volunteer leadership capacity for current ACDIS local chapters are invited to join the Chapter Advisory Board (CAB) via webinar today, August 25, at 1 p.m., eastern.
The CAB, comprised of past and present leaders, will discuss its work on the leadership toolkit,...Read More »
We are officially one month away from our sixth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, our annual week to celebrate the value of clinical documentation improvement programs and the unique skills and expertise of CDI specialists. This year’s event will take place September 19-23, 2016,...Read More »
