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The Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists is a community in which CDI professionals share strategies for successful CDI programs and achieve professional growth. Its mission is to bring CDI specialists together. Become a member today.

ACDIS annual conference

Thanks for joining us at the 5th Annual ACDIS Conference May 10-11 2012 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, CA. For more details about this program, see our conference web page.

View our complete conference brochure here. ACDIS members can access the 2012 powerpoint presentations in the Forms & Tools Library.

View our 2012 ACDIS exhibitor prospectus to see the wide variety of exhibitors the ACDIS annual conference attracts. Click on our Helpful Resources tab to view the 2012 exhibitor directory.

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Read helpful tips and timely news items related to clinical documentation improvement in our free bi-weekly eNewsletter.

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ACDIS members receive a quarterly journal with in-depth articles on data mining, improving documentation on disease-specific topics, physician query and communication strategies, case studies, and more. Click here to download the latest issue.

Need to brush up on issues critical to documentation improvement? We've created a series of online courses, complete with CE credits and interactive "test your knowledge exercises," to meet your needs.

Click here to view the courses currently available in the ACDIS library.

CDI: One tactic to solve two problems-ICD-10 and VBP

Thanks to value-based purchasing (VBP) and the ICD-10 transition, clinical documentation is on the mind of most every healthcare leader. How accurately a patient's hospital visit is documented will ultimately affect VBP incentive payments and whether reimbursements dip, grow, or stay the same during the ICD-10 transition. Millions of dollars are hinging on your clinicians and coders, so here are two tactics to help you tackle these transitions.

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CDI TALK

CDI Talk is a great way to interact with your clinical documentation improvement colleagues across the country. Click here to get more involved.

The Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist's Handbook, Second Edition

The Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist's Handbook, Second Edition, is an all-inclusive reference to help readers implement a comprehensive clinical documentation improvement (CDI) program with in-depth information on all the essential responsibilities of the CDI specialist. This edition helps CDI professionals incorporate the latest industry guidance and professional best practices to enhance their programs. Co-authors Heather Taillon, RHIT and Marion Krause, MBA, RN, combine their CDI and coding expertise to explain the intricacies of CDI program development and outline the structure of a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary program.

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