To our ACDIS members and CDI professionals interested in the CCDS and CCDS-O examinations,
Below please find an official release from our testing partner PSI regarding additional safety measures being put into place at our more than 300 testing centers nationwide as a result...Read More »
I received an email from a CCDS holder recently whose certification was about to expire. She said she had not received any email reminders from us. I confirmed her email address is the same one I have in the CCDS database.
Unlike the inpatient CDI world, there aren’t many outpatient tracking tools premade and available through vendors, so newly minted programs are often left to develop and rollout homegrown solutions. Developing an outpatient CDI tracking tool can be a long, arduous, and sometimes overwhelming...Read More »
Awhile back, ACDIS Editor Linnea Archibald got two emails asking where CDI professionals physically work in the hospital from two separate members. On the same day. Within a two-hour span. When this happens, the ACDIS team takes notice and tries to get to the bottom of the question. In this...Read More »
The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. If you have an upcoming event you would like to include, please email Melissa Varnavas (mvarnavas@acdis.org) and Linnea Archibald (larchibald@acdis....Read More »
The ACDIS conference serves as the centerpiece of our year—an opportunity to see friends both old and new, hear from industry-expert speakers, and come back home rejuvenated from the palpable excitement of the event with new ideas for articles, resources, and...Read More »
Join expert instructors Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, and Allen Frady, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC, on Thursday, April 4, 1-2:30 p.m. eastern, for a discussion of the ins and outs of HCCs and risk adjustment methodologies and learn how to apply the...Read More »