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CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 8

ACDIS update: What does your organization's commitment to diversity and inclusion look like?

February 24, 2022
ACDIS Guidance

ACDIS polls are a great way to get snapshots of data you can leverage to benchmark your own efforts, answer a pressing question, or identify an area of potential expansion or research. In many cases, the polls you see on our website homepage are submitted by...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 8

Local chapter update: Leverage the Online Membership Roster

February 24, 2022

ACDIS created an online membership roster for local chapter registration. Those wishing to join their local chapter should use this roster to sign-up. Doing so, grants local chapter members discounts off national membership.

Local chapter leaders should regularly remind their chapters...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 7

Note from the Simplify Compliance product director: Next steps for ACDIS leadership

February 11, 2022
ACDIS Guidance

​by Elizabeth Petersen

You all probably don’t know me, but I certainly know you. I’ve been “the woman behind the curtain” at ACDIS’ parent company, Simplify Compliance for, well, a while—18 years with the company, and about eight years working with the ACDIS team...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 7

News: CDC releases study on long COVID based on two million patient cases

February 17, 2022
News

A study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open looked at two million patients to compare the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 7

News: UnitedHealth Group profits nearly double that of other leading payers combined

February 17, 2022
News

Fourth quarter reports for insurance providers in the U.S. spotlight UnitedHealth Group as the most profitable payer of 2021—at $17.3 billion, more than double the profit of the next closest competitor, and owning almost half of the total profit of six major insurers.

The six insurers’...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 7

News: Healthcare organizations urge congress to promote value-based care payment model

February 17, 2022
News, Quality & Regulatory

A group of healthcare organizations, led by the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations (NAACOS) have...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 7

Q&A: Identifying metrics for physician advisor success

February 17, 2022
Ask ACDIS

We have a physician advisor (PA) principally based in utilization review (UR) department, with additional duties at the bedside. Our CDI needs are sporadic and unpredictable. For example, query escalations and peer-to-peer discussions can be on the fly. We may need him five hours one week and...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 7

ACDIS update: New resources added by the Forms & Tools Committee

February 17, 2022
Clinical & Coding, Policies & Procedures

The Forms & Tools Committee is tasked with reviewing submissions for accuracy and compliancy to then be posted to the ACDIS Resource Library.. While submissions often come in the form of sample clinical definitions, queries, and job descriptions,...Read More »

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