While many of the 840 respondents to the 2014 CDI Salary Survey believe that salary levels have remained stagnant in recent years, significant compensation shifts do appear when analyzing survey data from the past three years.This year’s survey also shows salary stratification related to...
CDI programs still seem to “run the gamut” in terms of structure, productivity expectations, focus, and function, according to the recent results of an ACDIS survey featuring more than 500 responses of facilities of all sizes.
According to the results of the ACDIS 2013 ICD-10 Preparation Survey, 56% of respondents indicated their facilities had performed a formal assessment of their ICD-10 readiness. Considering the back-and-forth debate that took place in late 2011 and early 2012 regarding a possible implementation...
Of the more than 700 individuals who responded to the 2013 CDI salary survey, most respondents (25.2%) earn $60,000–$69,999 annually. Although that’s down slightly from the 2012 survey results in which 25.9% reported earning that amount, it’s not bad news. Why? The number of individuals earning...
It has been three years since ACDIS last surveyed its membership about physician query practices. In 2010, 382 CDI professionals participated. This year’s survey garnered 517 respondents, primarily CDI specialists. The 35-question survey illustrates the importance of the physician query as the...
The 2012 CDI Salary Survey garnered more than 900 responses. In general, the results mirror those from previous years. Demographically speaking, most CDI specialists are women (96%) between the ages of 40 and 59 years of age (75%). Most (72%) are nurses who work in the acute care setting (93...
CDI specialists increasingly feel their salaries inappropriately reflect the value they bring to their organizations. Over and over, respondents to the third annual CDI Salary Survey lamented the pay cuts, increased hours and workloads, lack of raises, and decreases in benefits.
Verbal or written, concurrent or retrospective—any way you slice it, physician queries continue to be one of CDI specialists’ most important tools. When ACDIS first examined how CDI programs conduct their query practices in 2009, the results stood as a baseline from which programs could define...
Three years. That’s how long you have to prepare for the implementation of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10). If you are among those who think there is still plenty of time to prepare, or if you think CDI specialists already understand as much as they need to...
