While mortality reviews are not a responsibility in every CDI program, it has become a more and more common practice. Without reviewing mortality cases, many organizations find that their expected mortality (i.e., how severely ill their patients look on paper)...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald
CDI is a land of opportunity. We know from our recent survey data that more than half of CDI programs plan to hire new staff this year. This staffing expansion is likely partly due to expansions...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald
Since ACDIS conducted its first CDI Salary Survey, respondents have incrementally reported higher annual salaries. Despite the continually tightening margins for healthcare organizations, the...Read More »
ACDIS volunteer boards and committees are the backbone of our organization, serving the ACDIS community through best-practice guidance, celebration and appreciation programs, advocacy of other members, and much more.
Volunteers also have personal opportunity to widen their own personal...Read More »
Did you know that just by taking advantage of the CEUs offered through the CDIJournal, ACDIS Podcast, Quarterly Calls, and the CDI Week webinar, you could earn 24 CEUs per year toward your CCDS/CCDS-O recertification?
ACDIS periodically offers free single or multi-day...Read More »
Earlier this week, local chapter and networking group leaders should have received an email from ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald with the local chapter agreement contract which...Read More »
by Susan Wallace, MEd, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRC, FAHIMA
Inpatient CDI specialists and coders serve an integral role in hospital mortality reviews. They understand the importance of capturing CC/MCC secondary diagnoses to establish severity of illness (SOI) and concepts like “4/4...Read More »
