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1 Media Kit acdis.org

2 I have been doing this [CDI] program for over five years, wondering if anyone else out there struggled with finding information on asking queries, physician education, how to capture data, etc. It has been most rewarding and beneficial to me to find a community of colleagues who will share their ideas, brainstorm, and CHRISTINA RAAD, RN, CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION SPECIALIST NURSE CENTRAL DUPAGE HOSPITAL, WINFIELD, ILL

3 About ACDIS Diverse membership includes nurses, HIM/coding professionals, physicians, quality improvement professionals, and case managers The Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) is a recognized leader in healthcare intelligence within the clinical documentation improvement (CDI), revenue cycle, and health information management markets. Winner of a 2008 award for excellence from the Specialized Information Publishers Foundation, ACDIS serves CDI professionals by providing leadership, tools, and industry information. ACDIS mission is to serve as the premier healthcare community for clinical documentation specialists, providing a medium for education, professional growth, program recognition, and networking. With the healthcare industry s ongoing effort to provide higher-quality care at lower costs, the role of CDI leadership and CDI professionals in capturing accurate, codable, clinical data within the healthcare record has become increasingly vital to both quality improvement initiatives, compliance, and the revenue cycle. Leaders across healthcare have recognized the importance of this new and growing profession and are increasingly implementing new CDI programs, expanding existing efforts into new settings and service lines, and supporting CDI programs with consulting services and electronic health record system implementation. ACDIS MEDIA KIT 3

4 An active, powerful ACDIS MEMBER MAKEUP membership ACDIS offers unmatched integrated access to professionals in the CDI arena. Its unique set of industry expertise, benchmarking analysis, publications, and quality tools are trusted resources for its more than 3,600 members and 20,000 e-newsletter subscribers. 93 More than 3,600 members 76 PERCENT identify themselves as CDI specialists * 72 PERCENT are registered nurses * AN ACTIVE DIGITAL COMMUNITY PERCENT work in the short-term acute care setting * 40 PERCENT have three to five years experience * 200,000+ visits to the ACDIS website 100,000 unique visitors 800,000+ page views 8,500+ downloads of our quarterly CDI Journal *Data from the 2012 CDI Specialist Salary Survey. Data from Google Analytics, September ACDIS MEDIA KIT

5 ACDIS Insight Leverage the expertise and experience of the only association dedicated to CDI through a variety of targeted educational offerings positioning your organization as a supporter of thought leadership in this growing profession. ACDIS Local Chapters/networking groups Boasting more than 40 ACDIS Local Chapters, our local member teams meet on a regular basis with formal connection to ACDIS National with new groups regularly added. Recent local chapter additions include: Arizona Colorado Idaho Iowa Many ACDIS local chapter leaders team with other groups in their regions for multi-state, all-day educational seminars. ACDIS chapter leaders participate in quarterly calls to discuss meeting organization and best practices for group development and meet annually at the ACDIS national conference. Annual ACDIS National Conference Since its inception our annual conference has become a must-attend event for members and industry suppliers. Each year we welcome 1,200-plus attendees to a two-and-a-half-day meeting packed with education, exploration, and networking. Our exhibitor partners receive high-volume CDI traffic in our dedicated exhibit hall from motivated conference attendees. Participants benefit from in-depth networking and educational opportunities and a wide range of continuing education credits to support their certifications. Hundreds of attendees opt to add on popular preconference activities in the days leading up to the main event. ACDIS also recognizes outstanding CDI specialists with a luncheon awards ceremony, including the prestigious CDI Professional of the Year award. CDI Week Launched in 2011, the goal of Clinical Documentation Improvement Week is to increase awareness of the CDI profession and honor specialists for the work they perform every day. ACDIS members and CDI professionals are encouraged to promote their professional endeavors in their facilities, and externally by contacting their local newspapers and media outlets to discuss the values, roles, and responsibilities of CDI specialists. To assist in this endeavor ACDIS provides: A CDI Week Tool Kit Media Kit Industry Overview Survey Industry Q&As, delivered each workday during CDI Week Webcasts, videos, and other educational products ACDIS MEDIA KIT 5

6 Unmatched resources on ACDIS.org ACDIS online The ACDIS website also features the following resources: CDI polls Featured articles Helpful resources Job board E-learning courses Forms + Tools Library ACDIS Blog The ACDIS Blog features a variety of content contributed by CDI industry experts and professionals working in the field as well as insight from the ACDIS Advisory Board. It had roughly 100,000 page views, 50,000 visits, and 25,000 unique visitors in CDI audio conferences and webcasts ACDIS regularly joins with its parent company HCPro, Inc., to provide CDI-related audio conferences and webcasts on relevant industry trends and common CDI pain points. Common presentations include: Review of CC/MCC list Principal and secondary diagnosis section Severity of Illness/Risk of Mortality CDI Journal Delivered online in PDF, our quarterly in-depth journal explores critical clinical, coding, and regulatory developments, as well as feature stories of individual members and successful local chapters. CDI Strategies e-newsletter With a diverse combination of breaking news briefs, industry insight, and ACDIS membership updates, this biweekly reaches the inbox of more than 20,000 opt-in subscribers. Quarterly benchmarking reports Our customer and membership database allows us to reach nearly 20,000 CDI-related professionals to collect statistically valid information regarding industry developments and professional trends. A typical annual benchmarking report calendar may included: ICD-10 preparation CDI program reporting and structure analysis CDI Specialist salary survey Physician queries 6 ACDIS MEDIA KIT

7 POWERFUL PEER CONNECTIVITY There are currently 43 networking groups and local chapters in more than 20 states from Hawaii to Maine. Chapter participation ranges from 20 members to more than 100 per group. I love the Forms & Tools Library on the ACDIS web site and quote it like the Bible. LINNEA THENNES, RN, BS, CCDS SUPERVISOR, CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION IMPROVEMENT CENTEGRA HEALTH SYSTEM, ILLINOIS Quarterly membership conference calls More than 400 ACDIS members regularly connect through our quarterly conference calls. These calls provide members access to the thought leadership and industry expertise of the ACDIS Advisory Board and its executive leadership team. The one-hour calls cover timely, mission-critical industry developments and provides valuable continuing education credit for CCDS recertification. Our recent calls covered many topics, including: Post operative respiratory failure Leading queries Recovery auditor targets such as sepsis, encephalopathy, and COPD ICD-10 preparation and training Electronic health records implementation and pitfalls acdis.org home page ACDIS MEDIA KIT 7

8 Sponsorship opportunities ACDIS embraces partnership with industry suppliers. Working together to power better tools and outcomes is a key component to our vision and values. As a result, ACDIS has built a variety of integrated solutions designed to help sponsors build their brands, position themselves as thought leaders, and craft channels of access to our influential membership. If you would like to become involved as a sponsor, please contact Chris Driscoll at or cdriscoll@healthleadersmedia.com. Media Kit acdis.org 75 Sylvan Street I Suite A-101 I Danvers, MA T I CUSTOMER SERVICE I acdis.org (rev 9/14)