We believe that the CDI profession may be well poised as the architects of the sturdy infrastructure needed in this new landscape. After all, the...Read More »
This white paper, written by ACDIS Advisory Board member Wendy DeVreugd, RN, BSN, PHN, FNP, CCDS, MBA, provides an overview of long-term acute care hospitals and how they differ from short-term acute care hospitals, with an emphasis on important differences in coding, reimbursement, and quality...
CDI salaries increased dramatically this year, according to nearly 800 respondents to ACDIS’ 2015 CDI Salary Survey. For the past three years, most CDI professionals— about 25% of the total number of respondents—earned $60,000–$69,999 annually, regardless of their role. This year, the most...
After three years’ worth of frustration and postponements ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation seems to have been much ado about nothing (to quote...Read More »
Catholic Health Services of Long Island (CHS) started its CDI program at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn, New York, back in 2006. For anyone who’s...Read More »
When it comes to dinner-party small talk, CDI professionals often struggle to find an easy sound-bite explanation to the role they play within the...Read More »
The electronic health record (EHR) has been a game-changer for CDI specialists. Information that was once buried in storage and hard to access is now at the fingertips of physicians and CDI specialists, leading to a more detailed reference and a richer picture of a patient’s medical history....
This week clinical documentation specialists around the country have been touting, extoling, celebrating their efforts and spreading the word...Read More »
