by Melissa Varnavas

Every year, ACDIS asks its membership to provide feedback about the services it provides. We’ve received lots of praise over the years.

But the annual membership survey (which opened this week) isn’t about congratulating ourselves on a job well-done. It’s about learning what we’re not doing well, what topics concern you most in the coming year. It’s about providing you with the tools you need to progress in your CDI career and the training you need to keep yourself and your teams invigorated and energized about the job you do.

CMS plans to launch a new voluntary bundled payment model—the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced), according to a release.

Q: If an uncertain diagnosis is only documented by a consultant consistently through the medical record, including in the last progress note, and is left out of the discharge summary, should that diagnosis be coded?

ACDIS is excited to announce the opening of the application period for poster presentations at the 11^th Annual Conference, to be held May 21-24 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Between 2008 and 2016, hospitals reduced the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) by 50%, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

While the guidance published by ACDIS and AHIMA holds for all queries, written and unwritten alike, gauging a verbal query’s compliance can be a tricky business.

Did you know the CCDS database is totally separated from the ACDIS membership database?

By Linnea Archibald

Lately, I’ve been sending out emails to chapter leaders across the country asking for their latest updates and giving them a few reminders along the way. I wanted to pass along the information here, too.

After saying the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) was doomed to fall short of its policy goals, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted in favor of ending the program, according to MedPage Today.