2010 CDI Salary Survey shows compenstation doesn't reflect staff value

April 1, 2011
Surveys
ACDIS Guidance, Policies & Procedures

CDI specialists increasingly feel their salaries inappropriately reflect the value they bring to their organizations. Over and over, respondents to the third annual CDI Salary Survey lamented the pay cuts, increased hours and workloads, lack of raises, and decreases in benefits.

In 2008,...

Director's Note: ACDIS comments to CDC on proposed FY 2012 ICD-9-CM codes

March 31, 2011
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 7
ACDIS Guidance

Members of the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) advisory board recently provided commentary on the Centers...Read More »

Guest Post: A closer look at hypotension

March 15, 2011
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 15
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

by Robert S. Gold, MD

If a coder reviews the chart of a patient in the emergency department (ED) or intensive care unit with...Read More »

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Clear, concise, precise use of language

March 7, 2011
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 13
ACDIS Guidance, Education

by Melissa Varnavas

“If you’ve ever read a document that contained convoluted language or gibberish jargon, read on,” a press...Read More »

Director's Note: Hilton sold out, rooms available nearby

March 3, 2011
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 5
ACDIS Guidance

Nearly 550 CDI professionals have registered to attend the 4th Annual ACDIS Conference in Orlando, April 7–8. That means more of your peers will...Read More »

Guest Post: Identifying Missing CDI Elements by Expanding Our Horizons

March 3, 2011
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 12
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

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

While riding the gondola at Snowbasin ski area last week in Utah, I had the...Read More »

Guest Post: The myth of ‘meaningful use’

February 24, 2011
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 10
ACDIS Guidance, Policies & Procedures

by Robert S. Gold, MD

We, in the United States, will soon need to adopt the electronic health record (EHR). Over the past few...Read More »

Director’s Note: Quarterly conference call for ACDIS members Feb. 24

February 17, 2011
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 4
ACDIS Guidance

The next quarterly conference call for ACDIS members will be held on Thursday, February 24, 1-2 p.m. ET. ACDIS members have received a phone...Read More »

Guest Post: When asked about anemia

February 17, 2011
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 8
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

by Robert S. Gold, MD

I challenge you to find one textbook of medicine, physiology, or pathology that refers to a category of...Read More »

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Countdown of top leadership qualities

February 7, 2011
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 5
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management

by Melissa Varnavas

You know those somewhat helpful hints you most often find in Women’s Day magazine but which have cropped up...Read More »

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