Back in the day (oh, about nine years or so ago), I found myself tucked into my office late into a Thursday evening skimming the tome that was the...Read More »
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 »
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...
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...
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 »