By Penny Richards

As of today, 18 people have submitted applications for poster presentations at the 2018 ACDIS Conference, May 21-24, in San Antonio, Texas.

Do you have a great idea for a poster presentation? Share your success story, your innovative process to solve a problem, or even something that didn’t work well at all and what you did to find a better solution.

Be part of the action. Be a part of the fun. The deadline for submition is next Friday, February 16.

Medicare incorrectly paid approximately $1.7 million to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Q: Should CDI have access to the PEPPER?

ACDIS members are invited to join the Quarterly Conference Call with the ACDIS Advisory Board to discuss and review the ACDIS position paper, “Queries in outpatient CDI: Developing a compliant, effective process.”

Insufficient documentation accounted for 64.1% of improper payments for both Part A and Part B claims, according to a recent CERT report.

Volunteering to join a local chapter leadership team is an exciting and intimidating endeavor. Having clearly delineated expectations for volunteers can help.

It’s a problem most CDI professionals reviewing pediatric records know well: physicians are often reticent to diagnose acute respiratory failure for their patients.

CDI specialists’ salaries continue to grow, according to the 2017 CDI Salary Survey, but participants this year aren’t as optimistic as in years past.

In order to take the pulse of the CDI community, ACDIS recently published a polling question probing the prevalence of various sepsis criteria.

Most physicians don’t think value-based payment models will cut healthcare costs and improve quality of care, according to a new study by Leavitt Partners.