ACDIS members are invited to join the ACDIS Advisory Board today for the Quarterly Membership Conference Call, which will focus on the new clinical validation white paper.Read More »
A couple weeks ago, ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas wrote about her plans to attend the New England CDI and Coding Symposium with ACDIS Editor Linnea Archibald. Well, the event has come and gone and proved a roaring success.Read More »
Editor’s Note: CDI professionals wishing to earn support from program administrators to attend the ACDIS 11th Annual Conference may adapt the following proposal.Read More »
Outpatient CDI is a fast-growing area of the profession. So, I’m excited to announce a new resource that will be an incredibly useful tool for those expanding to the outpatient arena. Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, and Cynthia Tang,...Read More »
Although new technology inherently brings new challenges, it also has the ability to simplify aspects of the CDI process, according to a white paper from ACDIS in partnership with Nuance, titled “...Read More »
Clinical validation is definitely a hot topic in CDI right now. According to the 2017 CDI Industry Survey (which will be made available during CDI Week), 85.13% of respondents sent at least one to five clinical validation queries in the last month. Yet, only 41.81% have a policy governing these...Read More »
It’s hard to believe that the 10th annual ACDIS national conference is already but a mere memory—memories cherished and employed. Nevertheless, planning for the 2018 event is already underway. The call for Conference Committee volunteers went out in July and more than 100 ACDIS...Read More »
Is there a best practice when writing a query? ACDIS and AHIMA believe there is, to the point of writing multiple articles and guidelines on the topic. So, what is the “best” way to query a physician and obtain additional information?Read More »
