In 2004, TV talk-show host Oprah Winfrey gave brand-new Pontiacs to every person in her nearly 300-member studio audience. It was a marketing ploy— she’d filled the audience with folks who needed cars. Desperately. The remembered refrain from that episode: “...Read More »
CDI professionals recognize the effect comprehensive CDI programs have on both payment and profiling outcomes in all healthcare settings. As a result, many organizations are forging ahead to apply CDI beyond the walls of the traditional acute care...Read More »
Many programs remain focused on inpatient populations, but branching into the ED provides a good starting point for those venturing into the outpatient arena. Not only does it offer outpatient opportunities, but the documentation from ED encounters directly affects the documentation if (or when...Read More »
The 2017 application period for four open positions on the ACDIS Advisory Board opened earlier this month and will close on January 30. The ACDIS Advisory Board is responsible for providing leadership, expertise, and an industry voice for the ACDIS membership. It is ACDIS’ most prestigious board...Read More »
“Working in a critical access hospital (CAH) lets you get your feet wet in a lot of different areas,” said Ellen Shriver, RN, CCDS, then a CDI specialist, RAC coordinator, inpatient coder, and auditor for Boone County Health Center in Albion, Nebraska, on...Read More »
The 2017 ACDIS Local Chapter CEU application is available on the ACDIS web site, on the “Recertification” page under the “Certification” tab. As in the past, there is no fee for CEU applications from ACDIS Local Chapters....Read More »
As Robert S. Gold, MD, co-founder of DCBA, Inc. and founding ACDIS Advisory Board member, was fond of saying, “Pediatric medicine is not adult medicine for little adults.”Read More »
