CDI Blog - Volume 2, Issue 12

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Collect daily data to show CDI program growth

May 23, 2009
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries

by Melissa Varnavas

There are several resports you can use to justify your CDI program’s return on investment, writes Colleen Garry, RN, BS, in The Clinical...Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 2, Issue 11

Member insight: Achieving compliant query practice through audits

November 9, 2020
Leadership Council, Physician Queries

by Cheryl Codner, RN, CCDS

Brigham and Women’s Hospital is an 800-bed academic medical center in Boston affiliated with Harvard Medical School; Brigham Faulkner Hospital is a 150-bed community hospital located in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.

Combined, these two hospitals...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 2, Issue 11

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Making the case for CDI-free weekends

May 9, 2009
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries

by Melissa Varnavas

CDI-free weekend doesn’t mean you should close your laptop and go play. Of course you should be reading the latest ACDIS Blog post! I’m teasing of course.Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 2, Issue 10

Member insight: Do health system defined diagnoses make a difference?

October 12, 2020
Leadership Council, Clinical & Coding

by Pamela Stence, RN, BSN, MSN, CCDS

I first heard about diagnosis definitions a few years ago on an ACDIS Quarterly Membership Conference Call, when Deanne Wilk, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, the CDI manager at Penn State Health in Hershey...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 2, Issue 10

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Alphabet soup: Five CMS acronyms every CDI should know

May 8, 2009
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory

by Melissa Varnavas

Okay, I know there are ton of other acronyms that clinical documentation improvement specialists need to know, not the least of which include CC, MCC, DRG, POA, HAC, CHF, CKD, ARF, (don’t forget about the biggy—CMS!) and so on...Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 2, Issue 10

2020-2021 ACDIS Leadership Council CEU opportunities

October 12, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Leadership Council

​One of the major benefits of Council membership is the opportunity to earn CEUs toward your CCDS/CCDS-O certifications.Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 2, Issue 10

2020-2021 ACDIS Leadership Council involvement opportunities

October 12, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Leadership Council

Now that we’ve covered Council benefits, participation requirements, and ...Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 2, Issue 9

Note from the Membership Manager: Celebrating CDI Week 2020 with the Leadership Council

September 14, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, News

​by Linnea Archibald

Happy CDI Week, everyone! It seems fitting that our first CDI Leadership Insider (CLI) edition of the new Council term falls during our CDI Week celebrations. What a great way to welcome our new members to our ranks! Our...Read More »

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