Staffing and hiring: Current landscape

November 12, 2021
ACDIS Update

Today’s guests are Susan Fantin, MSA, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, VP of integrated care management at McLaren Health Care in Grand Blanc, Michigan, and Kimberly Higgins, RN, CCDS...

Research corner: CDI and nursing documentation

November 1, 2021
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 6
ACDIS Update, Education

by Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS
Socrates tells us that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” We might do better than to...Read More »

Note from the Editorial Director: Don’t be like me! Jump in and join something bigger

November 1, 2021
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 6
ACDIS Update, Education

by Melissa Varnavas
My parents transferred me from public school to Catholic school in second grade. We were Methodists at the time...Read More »

Submitting suggestions for the IPPS: Simplicity is key

November 1, 2021
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 6
ACDIS Update, Denials & Appeals, Quality & Regulatory

by Carolyn Riel
The inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) was first implemented in 1983 to help combat unnecessary or...Read More »

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Regulatory, denials management fireside reading

November 1, 2021
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 6
ACDIS Update, Denials & Appeals, Quality & Regulatory

by Linnea Archibald
​Winter is a time for hunkering down, a time to reflect as the year winds down and prepare as the new one...Read More »

Download the November/December 2021 edition of the CDI Journal!

November 1, 2021
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 6
ACDIS Update, Denials & Appeals, Quality & Regulatory

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​6 Submitting suggestions for the IPPS
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Meet a Member: 22 years in CDI

November 1, 2021
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 6
ACDIS Update, Education

Tamara Hicks, RN, BSN, MHA, CCS, CCDS, ACM-RN, CCDS-O, is the director of clinical documentation excellence at Atrium Health Wake...Read More »

Case study: Review for Vizient indicators, but beware of tunnel vision

October 31, 2021
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 6
ACDIS Update, Quality & Regulatory

by Linnea Archibald
In a healthcare environment that puts increasing emphasis on pay-for-quality models, it’s no surprise that...Read More »

ACDIS conference returns—kickstart my heart

October 20, 2021
ACDIS Update, Education

Today’s guest is Timothy Brundage, MD, CCDS, the chief executive officer and physician advisor of the Brundage Group. Today’s show is co-hosted to Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC,...

Auto suggested prompts and clinical validation

October 13, 2021
ACDIS Update

Today’s guests are Kory Anderson, MD, CHCQM-PHYADV, medical director at Intermountain Physician Advisor Services and CDI, and Kearstin Jorgenson, MSM, CPC, COC, the system operations director for...

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