If you attended the ACDIS conference in Atlanta last year, you might have been among those lucky enough to catch Shannon McCall, director of HCPro’s Certified Coder Boot Camp® programs face off against ACDIS’ CDI education coordinator Laurie Prescott in a head-to-head, heavy-weight champion of...Read More »
I’m excited to share some good news this week. Due to popular demand, ACDIS has created a new boot camp devoted to the CCDS credential. In two days, the class will prepare participants for all the areas the examination covers, how best to study for it, and even day-of-test tips to ensure you...Read More »
Though I can now follow along with (at least some of) the acronyms related to CDI, I’m still pretty new to the field. Ever since I was eight years old—or so my parents tell me—I wanted to be a writer. So, when I saw the job posting and description for the...Read More »
Turning the microscope to critically examine the program you painstakingly created is no easy task. It is a challenging process that requires a fair amount of humility and humbleness. It’s hard to accept that your program, your staff, and you (the physician...Read More »
Due to the overwhelming success of our first ever ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI, ACDIS has responded with a one-of-a-kind multimedia platform to keep the education, networking, and development going—right from your home office.
The Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) is currently seeking speakers to present at the 2018 ACDIS 11thAnnual Conference, to be held May 21-24 in San Antonio, Texas at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. The deadline for submissions has...Read More »
Educating CDI staff and physicians alike can be a challenge. With busy schedules, resistant physicians, and a constantly changing healthcare environment, even the most seasoned educator can feel like pulling their hair out.
Experts agree that a collaborative healthcare environment leads to better patient outcomes and improved organizational success. Despite this, long-standing tensions between nurses, coders, CDI specialists, and physicians can be difficult to overcome.
Though team training can do a lot of...Read More »
