It’s hard to believe that CDI Week has come and gone. The week-long event is something we work on for months—selecting the theme, planning activities, creating graphics and materials, and spreading the word on social...Read More »
One of the (many) great things about our ACDIS members is their level of passion and commitment for their profession and this association. If you’ve ever been to an ACDIS conference, read one of our popular “Meet a Member” profiles in the CDI Journal, or...Read More »
The Beneficiary and Family Centered Care (BFCC) Quality Improvement Organizations’ (QIOs) resumed patient status reviews of short stays in acute care inpatient hospitals, long-term care hospitals, and inpatient psychiatric facilities on September 12, 2016, according to a...Read More »
With Affordable Care Act and Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program efforts, 49 states and the District of Columbia have seen a drop in readmission rates, according to CMS. Since...Read More »
I just got off a planning call with half-dozen members of chapter leadership from the “show-me” state and, believe me, they’ve got something to show-off at their upcoming, first-annual, full-day conference on Saturday, October 15, at Boone Hospital Center in...Read More »
Those applying to take the CCDS exam or recertify will no longer have to write their applications by hand. We recently got some new applications in the form of editable PDFs, which you can complete on your computer.
The new forms are now available on the ACDIS website for exams, re-exams...Read More »
We recently had a customer reach out to us looking for a new job in CDI. She had decades of nursing experience, and asked us to point her to a site where she could filter search results by job title (i.e. CDI specialist), location (i.e. her home state), and by whether or not they had a remote...Read More »
