CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 11

Note from the Director: CDI success requires more than a credential

March 9, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Education

Which credential/certification/licensure makes for the best CDI specialist? RN? RHIA? MD?

If you answered all of the above—or none of the above—you’re on the right track, according to a new Position Paper written by the ACDIS...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 11

News: CMS offers a free webinar about the new Medicare ACO model on March 22

March 9, 2017
CDI Expansion, CDI Management, News, Quality & Regulatory

CMS is hosting a free webinar on March 22 at 2 p.m. to discuss the Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Track 1+ Model...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 11

Q&A: Coding diabetes and malnutrition in pediatric patients

March 9, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS, CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding

Q: I work at a pediatric hospital and am wondering if a newly diagnosed diabetic patient should also have malnutrition coded separately. While the dietician sees these patients routinely, the head of endocrinology explained she hasn’t been documenting the level of malnutrition because it...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 11

Membership Update: Does your organization have an ambulatory or physician services CDI program?

March 9, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

In last week’s CDI Strategies, you learned a bit about how ACDIS uses the polling information and how you can use it too. Well, ACDIS needs your help on a new website poll.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 11

Local Chapter Updates: ACDIS events nationwide

March 9, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, News

The following is a list of all the upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. If you have an upcoming event you would like to include, please email Melissa Varnavas (mvarnavas@hcpro.com) and Linnea Archibald (...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 10

Note from the instructor: Increase understanding of pathophysiological concepts for CDI

March 2, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding, Education

CDI specialists depend on clinical indicators to support queries. Hospitals and physicians need clinical indicators to support the validity of documented diagnoses.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 10

News: HealthGrades publishes the list of their 100 best hospitals for 2017

March 2, 2017
CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding, News, Quality & Regulatory

HealthGrades, the online healthcare provider rating service, released its widely read list of America's 50 and 100 Best Hospitals for 2017, with few changes seen from the 2016 list,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 10

News: CMS calls for input on pediatric alternative payment model concepts

March 2, 2017
CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding, News, Quality & Regulatory

CMS requested input on their potential pediatric alternative payment model concepts this week.Read More »

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