AHIMA calls for CDI presentations

Could CDI be becoming a healthcare buzz word? It seems like everywhere I looked over the past few weeks healthcare documentation improvement specialists played a prominent role.

Remember I mentioned the Health Care Compliance Association’s upcoming CDI presentation at its Physician Practice Compliance Conference in Philadelphia?  This week I heard about American Health Information Management Association’s (AHIMA) call for speakers for its June 2010 conference.

The AHIMA program focuses on CDI and coding and takes place in San Antonio, TX. Over the two-day speakers are expected to talk about CDI program challenges and best practices and explore the difficulties of communicating across CDI and HIM channels.  According to the AHIMA release, the deadline for presentation proposals is Friday, October 23.  For information, contact Kathy DeVault, RHIA, CCS, manager of professional resources at AHIMA at Kathy.DeVault@ahima.org.

Don’t worry the AHIMA program doesn’t overlap with the ACDIS 2010 annual show in Chicago — that’s June 3-4 (or 2-5 if you plan to attend the pre conference and take the CCDS exam). And not to repeat myself, but how great is it to watch the documentation improvement profession gain the credence it deserves from its sister organizations. Communicating a consistent message at a variety of professional organizations can help CDI illustrate its value to rest of the healthcare system in America.