ACDIS update: Share your sample query templates, job descriptions with the ACDIS Resource Library

March 7, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 10
CDI Management, Physician Queries, Education

Every tool, example, and template found in the ACDIS Resource Library was contributed by an ACDIS member...Read More »

Conference conversations: If you’re in a silo, every day feels like scaling Mt. Everest

March 7, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 10
Ask ACDIS, Education

Megan Cortazzo, MD, will present “End the CDI Silo: How Collaborative Programs Improve Revenue, Quality, and Physician Engagement,” on Day 2 of...Read More »

Local chapter update: Local and ACDIS national leadership collaboration

March 7, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 10
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Section II.a of the agreement form describes the collaborative relationship between ACDIS national and chapter leadership.Read More »

Query best practices from the 2019 ACDIS/AHIMA query practice brief

March 1, 2019
Tip Sheets & Samples
Physician Queries, Education

This sample query best practices handout was provided by Dexter D'Costa, MBBS, MHA, CCDS, senior director, hospital and pro-fee CDI, at Conifer Health Solutions in Frisco, Texas. Please note that these practices are taken directly from the 2019 ACDIS/AHIMA "...

Job description: CDI physician advisor

March 1, 2019
Job Descriptions
Education

This sample was reviewed and approved by the ACDIS Resource Library Committee in

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EHR’s troubled path: Three persistent problems

March 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2
Policies & Procedures, Education

Technology changes at what can seem like light speed. ACDIS released a white paper on the topic of electronic health records (EHR) in 2013, and...Read More »

Guest column: How to survive travel consulting

March 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2
ACDIS Guidance, Education

by Angela Maxfield, RN, CCDS
Long flights, layovers and connections, lost luggage, ride-sharing, hotels, unfamiliar beds, time...Read More »

Meet a Member: After 11 years in pediatric, CDI gave her a new home

March 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2
Ask ACDIS, Education

Lourdes Albino Cacanindin, MD, CCDS, is a CDI specialist at Sutter Health–Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch, California, and...Read More »

Physician advisor's corner: Clinically validating acute CHF exacerbations

March 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2
Clinical & Coding, Education, Denials & Appeals

by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS
Recovery Auditor (RA) denials raise my blood pressure more than anything else (except...Read More »

ACDIS update: Apply to speak at the 2019 Revenue Integrity Symposium and ACDIS Outpatient CDI Symposium

February 28, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 9
ACDIS Guidance, Education, Outpatient CDI

The NAHRI, ACDIS’ sister association, is currently seeking speakers to present at the 2019 Revenue...Read More »

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