White Papers

This paper explores the pros and cons of remote CDI. It discloses the hidden costs that must be considered, including hardware, software, and potential travel costs. It provides insight into the type of professional most suited for remote CDI work. It discusses practical implementation...

ACDIS celebrated its 10th anniversary in October 2017. To celebrate, the ACDIS team assembled this special report covering everything from the beginnings of ACDIS in 2007, to conferences past, to local chapter events, to hopes for the future.

With the enactment of new payment methodologies and an ongoing shift from fee for service-based payment to pay for performance in the healthcare industry, traditional inpatient CDI metrics including case mix index (CMI), length of stay, and complications/comorbidities/major complications/...

This paper discusses the concept of clinical validation as it has evolved through CMS regulations and coding guidance. It also attempts to establish consensus about how CDI professionals should incorporate clinical validation into their practice.

The following white paper provides an overview of the history of sepsis definitions, the changes set in motion in 2016 with the publication of Sepsis-3, and the evidence surfacing since then.

The following white paper provides national survey data on chart review productivity of CDI specialists, lists the variables that can reduce or enhance chart review productivity, and provides ACDIS’ recommendations on chart review productivity standards.

The following white paper demonstrates the importance of implementing a career ladder and/or incentive program for your CDI staff. It provides sample models of each that hospitals can consider and adapt for their own use.

by Paul Evans, RHIA, CCDS, CCS, CCS-P

Documentation and coding of severe sepsis matters in terms of patient risk assessment and establishing sepsis as a diagnosis, as well as the effect of such documentation (and subsequent code assignment) on quality measures.

This white...