ACDIS update: Summer reading to keep your CDI career cool when the heat’s on

Looking to do some summer CDI reading? There’s no better time to brush up on your skills and ACDIS has the best books in the biz to help you keep your CDI career cool when the heat is on.

Need something to help train your new staff?

Get the CDI Specialist Complete Training Guide and the latest edition of the CDI Pocket Guide. These two resources are invaluable for new staff members’ first six months of training and serve as a resource for them as their career progresses.

Looking to expand into outpatient efforts?

Start with First Steps in Outpatient CDI: Tips and Tools for Building a Program, then train your staff with The Outpatient CDI Specialist's Complete Training Guide, and the Outpatient CDI Pocket Guide: Focusing on HCCs. If you have staff qualified to sit for the CCDS-O certification watch for the CCDS-O Exam Study Guide coming in October!

Have advanced staff and looking to move the needle on complex record reviews?

Pick up The CDI Workbook: Investigating Complex Cases and Formulating Queries which walks through various clinical scenarios and examines how to craft successful, compliant queries. Share this and the ACDIS Answers books with your colleagues as a fun way to work through frequent CDI challenges and sharpen your knowledge. Then consider whether your program is ready to tackle Clinical Validation Reviews for CDI Professionals. This book delves into the rationale underlying clinical validation concerns prompting wider consideration of information in the medical record. Then pick up the CDI Field Guide to Denial Prevention and Audit Defense to see how your clinical validation and query efforts can help prevent claims denials.

And coming soon… The CDI Director’s Cut: A Guide for Effective Program Management (October 2019)!

If you have any questions about these books or need a recommendation for your particular programmatic needs, feel free to email us today!