ACDIS Guidance

The IPPS is updated every year and every year CMS adds new payment initiatives. If you’re not following these important updates you—...Read More »

by Linda Renee Brown, RN, MA, CCDS, CCS, CDIP

Four years ago, in these very pages, ...Read More »

Those following the episodic turns of the ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation saga witnessed another dramatic plot twist in the narrative this week when ...Read More »

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 »