Recently, we opened the 2023 Understanding the Physician Advisor Role survey, and we’d like to personally invite you to forward along this email to your physician advisors (or answer yourself if you’re in an advisor role).Read More »
As a token of our appreciation for your participation, Council members can get an exclusive 25% discount off their personal conference or ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI registration this year only (this is in addition to the...Read More »
ACDIS is planning a special Leadership Council reception at the 2023 ACDIS conference on Wednesday, May 10, 5-6:30 p.m. in the Plaza Ballroom/Terrace! If you’re planning to attend the conference, we encourage you to fill out this...Read More »
It did not take Bonnie I. Epps, MN, RN, manager of the CDI department at Emory Healthcare, Inc., in Atlanta,long to realize that staff physicians were not quite chomping at the bit to answer her team’s queries. To raise awareness, she quickly created a multifaceted educational approach and...Read More »
There are a number of ways to get CDI information into the hands of your facility’s physicians. The following list offers a number of suggestions on how to train and engage your medical staff.Read More »
by Trey La Charité, MD
Every institution reading this column has likely received its first recovery audit contractor (RAC) denials regarding the documentation and coding of excisional debridement procedures (86.22).
Our hospital is no exception. While we knew that this...Read More »