The ACDIS Advisory Board created the following white paper which analyzes national survey data on CDI specialists' chart review productivity and...Read More »
A physician admits a patient with dementia, yet provides no further definitive diagnosis. The CDI specialist recognizes the scenario as similar...Read More »
The CDI profession often focuses on engaging providers and other medical staff members in documentation improvement efforts. However, CDI managers...Read More »
Ever make mud pies? A hose running rivers in the backyard sandbox or a collection of buckets and throwaway pie tins lining an oversized puddle...Read More »
The following white paper demonstrates the importance of implementing a career ladder and/or incentive program for your CDI staff. It provides sample models of each that hospitals can consider and adapt for their own use.
The number of respondents to ACDIS’ 2016 CDI Salary Survey increased to more than 1,000—up from just over 800 in 2015. Unfortunately, the increased participation didn’t correlate to a large bump in salary ranges. Salaries of those in the $70,000–$79,999 range rose by just 2%, as did those...
As part of the sixth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics.
The latest short-term Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) is available for acute care hospitals nationwide,...Read More »
