Since you need 30 continuing education credits (CEUs) every two years to maintain your CCDS certification, you may find yourself scrambling for opportunities. In actuality, it’s fairly straightforward to receive CEUs, but you need to know where to get them first.Read More »
The Chapter Advisory Board would like to remind members of local chapters and networking groups to join the telephone conference networking call today, Thursday, June 29, at noon, eastern.Read More »
Those who’ve been in CDI long enough remember the days of colored paper queries slipped into charts. Often, those queries would get lost in the literal shuffle, or simply go unanswered and ignored with no concrete way of tracking the query. Then, electronic health records (EHR) came on the scene...Read More »
ACDIS requires the Local Chapter leaders to sign and return an agreement form annually. Though it may seem like a hassle at first, the agreement form provides a valuable framework for a chapter’s structure and formalizes the relationship between ACDIS National and the Local Chapters.Read More »
The Chapter Advisory Board invites members of local chapters and networking groups to a telephone conference networking call on Thursday, June 29, at noon, eastern.Read More »
Editor’s note: There are more than 40 local chapters and networking groups across the country and internationally, each led by a team of dedicated volunteers. To support these volunteers the...Read More »
I recently taught a CDI Boot Camp at a large, multi-site organization, with attendees coming from CDI, HIM, and quality departments from four different sites. We began the week discussing the Official Guidelines for Coding and...Read More »
Each quarter, ACDIS publishes a list of newly minted Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) holders on the website. In another blowout quarter, more than 60 CDI professionals earned their credential during the first quarter of 2017, according to CCDS Coordinator Penny Richards.Read More »
