ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald sends out “missed connections” emails with questions from Council members on a regular basis. Anyone with experience related to one of the questions was invited to respond and Archibald connected them with the question-asker. In order to share...Read More »
Q: Confession. I am very frustrated. I am fairly new to CDI. I have a nursing background. I’m trying to understand how the coding and DRG system works. But when I look up a diagnosis in the DRG Expert in the alphabetic index to diseases it is not listed as I would expect it to be....Read More »
Director’s note, 4 Advisory board qualifications/ expectations revamped, new elections process developed.
LTACs explore CDI opportunities, 5 The complicated level of care required for LTAC patients makes the role of the CDI specialist even more important. Learn...Read More »
ACDIS is pleased to announce the election of four new advisory board members, terms of service effective January 2011 through December 2013. The following new board members were elected by a vote of the existing ACDIS advisory board from a pool of 61 candidates. So congratulations to Donna...Read More »
One of ACDIS’ sponsor partners is seeking insight to explore brands and products specializing in healthcare revenue cycle solutions (including CDI). As leaders in CDI, they would really appreciate your input and insight! Please copy and paste this link into your browser to respond today: hub....Read More »
CMS plans limited changes to CCs in fiscal year (FY) 2012, but proposes new MS-DRGs for excisional debridement as well as an additional hospital-acquired condition (HAC). These and other changes are part of the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule posted April 19. The...Read More »
On our advisory board Web pages you can now find new documents describing qualifications and expectations of advisory board members, as well as our brand-new elections process.
In addition, our CCDS certification board is in the final stages of developing its own set of bylaws to govern...Read More »
