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CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 35

ACDIS update: National office closed for Labor Day, September 5

September 1, 2022
ACDIS Guidance

The ACDIS national office will close at 12 p.m. Eastern on Friday, September 2 and remain closed through Monday, September 5, in observance of Labor Day. We will return on Tuesday, September 6 to answer your questions and catch up on anything we may have missed.

In the meantime to keep...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 35

ACDIS update: Free Outpatient PRO demo in two weeks

September 1, 2022
ACDIS Guidance

Join ACDIS Editor and Product Coordinator Karla Accorto on Thursday, September 15 at 2 p.m. Eastern for a demonstration of ACDIS Outpatient PRO, an interactive and...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 35

Local chapter update: Ask your members for meeting topic ideas

September 1, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, Education

It can be a struggle for many local chapter leaders to plan meeting topics, not to mention get a good turnout for the meeting. One of the best ways to garner interest is to simply ask your members what they’d like to learn. Educational opportunities for CDI are always important, but they are...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 34

Note from the Director of Programming: Timely guidance on case mix index published

August 25, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory

by Rebecca Hendren

Does it ever feel like case mix index (CMI) is all some leaders care about? This metric is widely used and often badly misunderstood. For CDI professionals, it can be tough to communicate the realities of CMI and what CDI can influence—and what it cannot....Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 34

News: AHA reports rising patient acuity, driving up hospital costs while payments fall

August 25, 2022
News, Quality & Regulatory

Hospitalized patients have become sicker and more medically complex since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the American Hospital Association (AHA) in a recent report...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 34

News: Psychiatric symptoms may last up to two years post-COVID, study shows

August 25, 2022
Clinical & Coding, News

People who’ve had COVID-19 are at an increased risk for psychiatric and neurologic sequelae compared to other respiratory infections, according to a study recently published in the Lancet Psychiatry...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 34

News: 41% of physicians observed colleagues behaving inappropriately, report says

August 25, 2022
News, Physician Queries

In a survey of more than 1,500 doctors, Medscape’s 2022 “Physicians Behaving Badly: Stress and Hardship Trigger Misconduct” report shows 41% of physicians have seen other clinicians behave...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 34

Q&A: Class 3 obesity

August 25, 2022
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: We’re working on an auto-population for the outliers of body mass index (BMI), underweight and morbid obesity. We are considering changing our terminology for morbid obesity to class 3 obesity as, now that patients have access to their online records, they may be unhappy with...Read More »

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