CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 18

ACDIS update: Download the Leadership Council report on KPIs today

April 30, 2020

Over the years, the role of the CDI department has expanded to denials management, outpatient settings, quality measure capture, and so much more. CDI programs have shifted focus and taken on innovative efforts, and leaders need to adjust their expectations for staff performance accordingly....Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 18

ACDIS update: Virtual event agenda available now

April 30, 2020

In case you missed ACDIS Associate Director Melissa Varnavas’ announcement, ACDIS is hosting its first ever virtual symposium, “Staying Engaged: ACDIS Presents...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 18

Local chapter update: Virtual event platform guide for leaders

April 30, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused travel restrictions, shelter-in-place and self-quarantine orders, reduced hospital censuses, and job losses. The surge of the disease hit the east coast of the United States in March and April 2020, just as many ACDIS local chapters were gearing up for their...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 14, Issue 17

Guest post: Keeping technological options open

April 27, 2021
CDI Management

by Lucia Skipwith Lilien, RN, CCDS, CDIP, C-CDI, CP-DAM

Our CDI program is a very old one. We first started in 2002 when it was called “concurrent coding” and when leukocytosis was a CC. For quite a few years, there was a struggle to find a home for our group. We started in case...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 17

Note from the ACDIS Associate Editor: Coping with chaos together

April 23, 2020

by Carolyn Riel

There’s something big happening in the world right now. Everyone knows about it, and it seems as though everyone is affected by it. Everywhere you turn you see new updates and never a scarcity of differing opinions. But what no one can argue is that it will change...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 17

News: CMS issues recommendations for restarting non-emergency healthcare

April 23, 2020
News

CMS is offering recommendations for restarting non-emergency procedures for hospitals in areas with low cases of COVID-19, reported...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 17

News: CMS guide for telehealth diagnosis submission, doctors struggle to get paid

April 23, 2020
News

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS has urged the expansion of telehealth visits to reduce the risk of spreading the disease....Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 17

News: Provider communication across settings, practices found lacking, study suggests

April 23, 2020
News

A 2019 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey found that among 13,200 primary care doctors in 11 high-income countries, United States primary care physicians fare the worst when it comes to communicating...Read More »

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