ACDIS national is here to support local chapter events, helping your networking group reach new attendees and carry out successful events—large and small. The ACDIS leadership team is happy to sit in on your leadership meetings and event planning calls. One of the most everyday ways we can help...Read More »
If our home office in Middleton, Massachusetts, is a little slow to respond this week, it’s because we’re up to the top of our cowboy boots in outpatient CDI, at the third annual ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI. My note is coming from you live from the floor of...Read More »
ACDIS members are invited to participate in ACDIS’ Quarterly Membership Conference Call next week on Thursday, November 21. During the call, the ACDIS Advisory Board members and other ACDIS experts will discuss provider engagement and how deep, clinically integrated engagement can affect CDI...Read More »
ACDIS new online certification processes began in September. No more paper applications, faxes, or scans, or emails. No more paper checks. You can apply to sit for the exam (either the Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist [CCDS] or the CCDS-Outpatient [CCDS-O]) via the new online,...Read More »
The ACDIS CDI Regulatory Committee submitted comments to CMS and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding the recent proposed sepsis coding changes, supporting the proposal to update the sepsis codes to align with the sepsis-3 definition. Specifically, they suggested that...Read More »
Every non-profit association and organization I have been associated with had bylaws. The life of any association is centered around bylaws as well as its mission or purpose. For ACDIS, each local chapter is different in size, activity, financial...Read More »
Fall is the time for cider, apple picking, and pumpkin patch pictures. For those in the CDI profession, though, it’s also a time for regulatory updates. The November/December edition of the CDI Journal seeks to give readers a guiding light through the...Read More »
The ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI is next week at the Hyatt Regency in Austin, Texas! Have you registered yet? If not, you still have a chance!Read More »
