ACDIS National requires local chapter leaders to submit a signed agreement form annually by January 30. As we gather the final forms for the remaining groups, we wanted to take a moment to go over some key...Read More »
CDI professionals wishing to earn support from program administrators to attend the ACDIS 2020 national conference may adapt the following proposal. The more personal and tailored your request the better your chances will be to earn support for...Read More »
FEATURES 9 IPPS final rule 14 PSIs, POA indicators offer CDI-quality starting point 17 Outpatient quality collaboration 23 CDI programs’ role in population...Read More »
We recently got a question in our ACDIS Inquiries mailbox seeking resources for career ladder development. According to the 2018 CDI Salary Survey, the most popular career ladder model was a step/...Read More »
By Melissa Varnavas
Ask my mother. Ask my father. Ask my husband. Heck, you can even ask my nieces and nephews. For that matter, go ahead and ask ACDIS Director Brian Murphy or ACDIS Editor Linnea Archibald. Everyone knows I am absolutely no good at following the rules.Read More »
Insufficient documentation. That’s the biggest reason for improper payments for Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code 99234, Observation or inpatient hospital care, for the evaluation and management of a patient including admission and discharge on the same date,...Read More »
by Susan Schmitz, JD, RN, CCS, CCDS, CDIP
If you’re anything like me, I imagine you were quite relieved when the fiscal year (FY) 2020 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) final rule came out. The proposed rule with its thousands of CC and hundreds of MCC downgrades proved...Read More »
HACs declined by 13% between 2014 and 2017, preventing an estimated 20,500 deaths and $7.7 billion in healthcare costs, according to preliminary data from the AHRQ.Read More »
