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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Note from the CCDS Coordinator

Is it time to recertify your CCDS credential?

by Penny Richards


In the next couple months, hundreds of CCDS holders will need to recertify their credential. Even those who’ve gone through the process may need a quick refresher. So, without further ado, here are some tips and hints to help you have a smooth recertification process.

 

ACDIS Picks

News: 2018 ICD-10-CM/PCS guidelines released
News: CMS cancels two mandatory bundled payment programs after delays
News: Meaningful use legislation lead to an increase in EHR adoption, study shows
 

Membership Update

Join us on the podium at the 2018 ACDIS conference

The Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) is currently seeking speakers to present at the 2018 ACDIS 11th Annual Conference, to be held May 21-24 in San Antonio, Texas at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. Click here to view and complete the speaker application.

Symposium Update: Early bird hotel discount ends today, August 17

Today is the last day to get a discounted hotel room rate for the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI. Reserve your room by Thursday, August 17 to take full advantage of the discount. The conference takes place from September 18-19 at the Hilton Oak Brook Resort and Conference Center in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Quarterly conference call today focuses on clinical validation

ACDIS members are invited to join the ACDIS Advisory Board today for the Quarterly Membership Conference Call, which will focus on the new clinical validation white paper.

Local chapter updates: New England CDI and coding symposium success

A couple weeks ago, ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas wrote about her plans to attend the New England CDI and Coding Symposium with ACDIS Editor Linnea Archibald. Well, the event has come and gone and proved a roaring success.

 

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Product Spotlight

Patient Safety Indicators have been a measure of the quality of care provided by hospitals for years. Changes in Medicare inpatient reimbursement strategies have tied performance on some PSIs to reimbursement. Because many PSIs are associated with events that can be considered complications of care, it is imperative for clinical documentation to precisely represent the patient’s acuity and accurately correspond to codes that reflect the clinical scenario.

Join Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP, and Michelle Wieczorek, RN, RHIT, CPHQ, for a 90-minute webinar on how clinical documentation can ensure accurate capture of patients’ acuity and corresponds to codes that reflect the clinical scenario.

Click here to learn more.

 
 
 

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ACDIS
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