Note from the ACDIS Editor: CDI Journal focuses on technological changes

March 7, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 10
ACDIS Guidance, Education

By Linnea Archibald

Often, it feels like technology changes over night. Just when you master one element, it’s out of date and a...Read More »

ACDIS update: Share your sample query templates, job descriptions with the ACDIS Resource Library

March 7, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 10
CDI Management, Physician Queries, Education

Every tool, example, and template found in the ACDIS Resource Library was contributed by an ACDIS member...Read More »

Conference conversations: If you’re in a silo, every day feels like scaling Mt. Everest

March 7, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 10
Ask ACDIS, Education

Megan Cortazzo, MD, will present “End the CDI Silo: How Collaborative Programs Improve Revenue, Quality, and Physician Engagement,” on Day 2 of...Read More »

Local chapter update: Local and ACDIS national leadership collaboration

March 7, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 10
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Section II.a of the agreement form describes the collaborative relationship between ACDIS national and chapter leadership.Read More »

Query best practices from the 2019 ACDIS/AHIMA query practice brief

March 1, 2019
Tip Sheets & Samples
Physician Queries, Education

This sample query best practices handout was provided by Dexter D'Costa, MBBS, MHA, CCDS, senior director, hospital and pro-fee CDI, at Conifer Health Solutions in Frisco, Texas. Please note that these practices are taken directly from the 2019 ACDIS/AHIMA "...

Job description: CDI physician advisor

March 1, 2019
Job Descriptions
Education

This sample was reviewed and approved by the ACDIS Resource Library Committee in

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EHR’s troubled path: Three persistent problems

March 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2
Policies & Procedures, Education

Technology changes at what can seem like light speed. ACDIS released a white paper on the topic of electronic health records (EHR) in 2013, and...Read More »

Guest column: How to survive travel consulting

March 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2
ACDIS Guidance, Education

by Angela Maxfield, RN, CCDS
Long flights, layovers and connections, lost luggage, ride-sharing, hotels, unfamiliar beds, time...Read More »

Meet a Member: After 11 years in pediatric, CDI gave her a new home

March 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2
Ask ACDIS, Education

Lourdes Albino Cacanindin, MD, CCDS, is a CDI specialist at Sutter Health–Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch, California, and...Read More »

Physician advisor's corner: Clinically validating acute CHF exacerbations

March 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2
Clinical & Coding, Education, Denials & Appeals

by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS
Recovery Auditor (RA) denials raise my blood pressure more than anything else (except...Read More »

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