ACDIS Guidance

by Karen Newhouser, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CCM
The typical pay for performance (P4P) program provides a bonus to healthcare providers...Read More »

Everyone wants a gold star. As a personal friend often puts it, “Wouldn’t it be nice to get a pat on the head and a cookie every once in a while...Read More »

by Karen Newhouser, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CCM

ICD-10 CM/PCS.  To some, the utterance of this classification system produces much...Read More »

Just as you don’t talk about politics or religion at the dinner table, CDI and coding staff shouldn’t discuss their efforts’ effect on healthcare...Read More »

Last Thursday, the ACDIS Facebook page hit 1,000 “Likes.” After working nearly five months at perfecting our social media skills, we were pretty...Read More »

The next ACDIS quarterly conference call is slated for today, Thursday, May 28, 1-2 p.m., ETRead More »

Hospitals are asking whether or not they really should dedicate the time and money to prepare for ICD-10 implementation. The short answer is yes...Read More »

by Karen Newhouser, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CCM

Quality. If we had a dollar every time that word is used, we would be wealthy. But...Read More »

It’s no question that CDI specialists have made a big difference while working in hospitals. But a question asked more and more among CDI teams is...Read More »

Today, we are set on yet another evolutionary path, as illustrated in nearly every article in this edition of CDI Journal.Read More »