ACDIS celebrated its 10th birthday last month—not coincidentally the anniversary of CMS DRGs also. “I’ve never hesitated to say that’s partly why we took off,” said ACDIS Director Brian Murphy on the September 27...Read More »
In responding to this year's ACDIS membership survey, hundreds of respondents indicated that obtaining physician support for their CDI efforts represented their biggest challenge. So, we're thrilled to have the 2016 CDI Professional of the Year award winner Karen DiMeglio, RN, MS, CPC,...Read More »
The 2017 Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guidelines to be published in the March 2017 issue of Critical Care Medicine have adopted the 2016 Sepsis-3 definition of...Read More »
Even after Medicare officials agreed that seniors cannot be denied coverage for physical therapy and other care based on their condition not improving,...Read More »
Intensive care units are expensive, invasive, and supposed to be reserved for the sickest hospital patients, but more than half the time, they're not needed, according to research from LA BioMed and UCLA,...Read More »
The 2017 updates to ICD-10-CM included many additions to the digestive system diagnoses, especially with codes for pancreatitis and intestinal infections. The codes largely focus on the lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract, according to an article published in...Read More »
Last week I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the joint Tennessee Health Information Management Association/Tennessee ACDIS local chapter meeting. The Tennessee Hospital Association kindly hosted the all-day event at their wonderful facility in Brentwood. The theme of the meeting was ...Read More »
