ACDIS Guidance

by Robert S. Gold, MD

The reason for assignment of a certain principal diagnosis is occasionally incomprehensible. First, consider...Read More »

We are currently seeking speakers to present at the 2011 ACDIS Fourth Annual Conference, to be held April 7-8, 2011 at the Hilton Walt Disney...Read More »

In response to a 30-question survey, 482 CDI professionals provided data about the number of staff they employ, the number of queries they...Read More »

by Robert S. Gold, MD

Some people go into an endeavor full bore, knowing that they’re always right.  Some people go into an...Read More »

All told there were more than 500 CDI professionals in attendance at the 2010 ACDIS National Conference in Chicago last month. In addition, there...Read More »

The Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) is pleased to comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...Read More »

Since the last issue of CDI Journal, an important development has occurred in the industry: the release of the AHIMA documents “...Read More »

DRG (diagnosis-related groups) validation issues have been the main target of RAC (recovery audit coordinators) nationwide in recent months. When...Read More »

by Glenn Krauss, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPUR, C-CDI, CCDS

I work at a small community hospital with less than 100 beds. We implemented...Read More »