by Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC
I recently had a conversation with a CDI specialist working in Canada. The profession is very young there and has not had the benefit of the years of growth and resource building we have had in the United States. I found her...Read More »
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has extended the current COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) meaning all waivers remain in place, according to...Read More »
According to an Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit, CMS did not use Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) data to identify waste or fraud. The audit states that previous OIG reports “recommend using CERT data to identify...Read More »
I’m having trouble determining how I would code an acute myocardial infarction (MI) for subsequent admissions occurring within four weeks of the initial MI. Can you walk me through the process?Read More »
ACDIS regularly publishes polling questions on the website spanning a number of topics pertaining to the CDI field. You may ask yourself, though, how ACDIS uses the information gathered from the polls.
Often, polling data provides ACDIS leadership insight into the topics and areas CDI...Read More »
In case you missed it, on February 11 ACDIS hosted a webinar titled ACDIS Insights: The second surge impact of COVID-19 on CDI. This free 90-minute webinar took an in-depth look at the results of ACDIS’ COVID-19 second surge impact survey, reviewing the results of 13 questions...Read More »
