As with all aspects of the medical field, new technology shifts CDI. Sam Antonios, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCDS, a board certified internist and CDI and ICD-10 physician advisor for Via Christi in Wichita, Kansas, shared his thoughts on technology’s effects on CDI during the ...Read More »
I recently had the privilege of working with some pretty impressive people in our Boot Camp course, who happen to work for some critical access hospitals (CAH). They’re learning what they can do to improve documentation in the medical record,...Read More »
An email was sent to local chapter leaders on June 20, with a number of reminders and chapter business requests. If you are a chapter leader and did not receive that email please contact ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas at ...Read More »
The new ACDIS Career Center allows you to upload your resume, browse open positions, and sign up for alerts about new jobs specific to your criteria. If you’re looking to hire, we have job posting options (discounted for ACDIS members) as well as the ability to browse our resume database. ...Read More »
One size does NOT fit all when it comes to health insurance. Beneficiaries range from the extremely healthy 65-year-old—the poster child for “65 is the new 45”—to a 65-year old suffering from COPD from a lifetime of smoking, cancer, and a hereditary condition such as Type 1 diabetes. The result...Read More »
On Thursday, July 28, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, CDI and coding professionals from across the New England region will join together for a full-day educational event. On the agenda are sessions about engaging physicians in CDI, a panel discussion featuring documentation improvement from both the...Read More »
Recently, ACDIS celebrated an exciting milestone as we welcomed the 5,000th member to our association. Our profession has grown enormously in the last decade—and so has ACDIS—and we are thrilled that, as our rosters grow, we are able to expand the...Read More »
Let’s face it, working with providers isn’t always a positive experience.
It can be tough providing them education or getting responses from queries. Busy providers typically don’t want anything to do with coding. When they hear anything about coding...Read More »
