The February 16 ACDIS Quarterly Conference Call is now available for download on the ACDIS website. ACDIS members can listen in free with their membership. Among other topics, the following items were discussed:

• ACDIS updates: New advisory board members voted in; CDI Professional of the Year nomination period closed; new local chapters
• Physicians as partners (please refer to the following transmittals):
  • Mobile Medical Review Team Reveals "Good Practice"
  • Part A/B Cross-Claim Medical Review
  • Inpatient Claims: Reasons for Denials and Documentation Tips
  • MS-DRG 246
• Check boxes on query forms
• Queries after discharge/pre final billing
• Querying for obesity
• Best practices for allocating CDI staff

• Summary of Wisconsin February meeting
• Refresh your awareness of combination codes
• Incorporate awareness of transfer DRGs into CDI record review efforts
• Maybe, possibly, definitely: Stay informed regarding ICD-10 delay
• CDI specialist orientation (more CDI Talk inspiration)
• Pretending to be someone you’re not
• 10 steps to refresh your documentation review process
• Guidance on documentation requests, queries, and late entries in the record
• Reflections on physician leadership and engagement with CDI programs
• Florida Chapter founding leader remembers group’s beginning
• Cardiomyopathy: A Valentine’s Day documentation reminder
• ‘As God as my witness’ there’s a query opportunity here