It’s been an exciting week for local chapter activities so far. More than 100 CDI-related professionals from the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota joined ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas via webinar to discuss career ladder opportunities and productivity expectations on...Read More »
Roughly 100 previous Certified Clinical Documentation Improvement (CCDS) holders failed to recertify in a timely manner, and were recently reclassified as inactive.Read More »
What is a best practice? Who or what defines it? We hear it talked about all the time, but what does it really mean, and whom does it apply to?
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “best practice” as a noun meaning “a procedure that...Read More »
I spend much of my time communicating with CDI managers and directors. They work tirelessly to develop and nurture CDI departments, focusing much of their time on training new CDI staff and evaluating the experienced CDI professionals in...Read More »
There’s still one day left to nominate a colleague for an ACDIS Achievement Award. We want to help you honor someone who has helped make a difference at your facility, who’s made significant contributions to the CDI field, or is an outspoken advocate for CDI.
Computer-assisted coding (CAC) is to native, manual coding as reading Dickens’ Great Expectations for an English class is to reading the book for pleasure (in my opinion).Read More »
A Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) study showed insufficient documentation caused the most improper payments for facet joint injections, according to the January 2016 Medicare Quarterly Compliance Newsletter.Read More »
Nearly half of the death certificates reviewed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2009 to 2012 listed the cause of death inaccurately. The Morbidity and Mortality Report, published in January, reviewed 205 medical charts at random from eight separate hospitals in the...Read More »
