By Melissa Varnavas

Back in 2015, 40% of ACDIS Radio listeners (of the October 28, 2015, broadcast) indicated their CDI program had an established query auditing process in place. Another 29% said they had some type of query review practices established but they only informally or occasionally take the time to examine the efforts of CDI specialists.

ACDIS has long advocated for some type of regular query practice audit and review—be that driven by the CDI program manager or director or peer-to-peer amongst the CDI team. And, it’s not that hard to start.

ACDIS members are invited to join the ACDIS Advisory Board for the last Quarterly Membership Conference Call of 2017, which will focus on ACDIS’ new white paper, “CDI and the evolution from finance to quality.”

The 2018 OPPS final rule may be controversial for its payment cuts to drugs purchased through the 340B drug discount program, it contains several provisions supported by hospitals and other stakeholders.

Q: We are struggling with finding a good balance between having CDI attend multi-disciplinary rounds and conduct concurrent CDI work. At this time, we attend twice per week, faithfully and then also attend if the CDI specialist feels that they need to speak with a physician who may be in attendance. Some people in management, however, have requested that CDI attend more often.

Even though the November/December edition of the CDI Journal just published ACDIS is already planning the January/February edition. And, we need your help.

According to a study recently published in Medical Care, inpatient stays involving any opioid-related diagnosis increased by 14.1% after ICD-10-CM was implemented in 2015.

The Washington Evergreen ACDIS chapter held their most recent meeting on Friday, November 3. The meeting featured the CDI presentations from expert speakers, breakfast, lunch, and networking time. The leaders also incorporated a slightly more creative piece to their meeting.

The largest source of estimated revenue loss in the healthcare mid-cycle in 2016 was attributed to inadequate documentation, according to a report by the Advisory Board.