ACDIS update: Weigh in on CDI staffing shortages
October 31, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 50
In a series of recent ACDIS polls, more than 75% of the 200-plus respondents said they were short staffed on nurses, nearly 50% said their physicians were short staffed, and 54% said their coding departments were short staffed.
Do you feel like your CDI program is short staffed, too? With all three of CDI feeder professions feeling the strain of limited workforce, how does your program plan on nurturing and onboarding new employees? Has your CDI program implemented career ladders, step increases, or incentives to keep otherwise retiring staff employed?
Weigh in on the state of CDI staffing by answering our latest polling question in our staffing series.