CDI Strategies - Volume 6, Issue 4

Director’s Note: Quarterly Conference Call agenda includes query discussion, guidance from CMS contractors

February 16, 2012
ACDIS Guidance

The ACDIS quarterly conference call is scheduled for today, Thursday, February 16, from 1-2 p.m. ET. ACDIS members should have received dial-in instructions via e-mail. If you did not receive instructions, e-mail ACDIS Member Services Specialist Penny Richards at...Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 6, Issue 4

ACDIS office closed this week for conference!

April 8, 2024
ACDIS Guidance, Leadership Council

As a reminder, the ACDIS national office is closed until Friday, April 12, while the team is at the ACDIS conference. If you need to reach out to someone during this period, please contact our customer care team at customerservice@hcpro.com.Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 6, Issue 4

Case management or HIM? Finding the right home for CDI

October 1, 2012
CDI Management

In a recent “CDI Talk” discussion, ACDIS members shared reporting structure details,describing the pros and cons of their situations. Of those participating in the discussion,three reported to quality, one reported to the chief financial officer, and one reported to thechief medical information...Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 6, Issue 4

Share our physician advisor survey with your advisors, champions!

April 8, 2024
Leadership Council, Physician Advisors

As you may have seen already, we recently opened the 2024 Understanding the Physician Advisor Role survey, and we’d greatly appreciate it if you’d forward this survey to your physician advisors and champions and ask them to respond. You can respond to the survey by clicking here: ...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 6, Issue 4

Director’s Note: The CDI Roadmap

October 1, 2012
ACDIS Guidance

The CDI Roadmap is intended to help establish baselines for hospitals starting up a new CDI department,either for the first time or in a “reboot.” Established CDI programs should find these documents beneficial as well. One of the documents I’m most pleased with is the “Goals and objectives of...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 6, Issue 4

News: CMS releases first quarter report regarding Recovery Audit Program

February 16, 2012
News, Quality & Regulatory

CMS’ Recovery Auditors (previously called Recovery Audit Contractors, now associated with the Recovery Audit Program [RAP]), collected nearly $400 million in overpayments from October 1 through December 31, 2011,...Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 6, Issue 4

New questions from Council members on clinical criteria, sepsis queries, pediatric sepsis criteria

April 8, 2024
Leadership Council

If you have experience with the topics below, please email Linnea Archibald at linnea.archibald@hcpro.com by noon eastern on Monday, April 15, and she'll connect you with the relevant folks at the end of the day on Monday. Note that you have a...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 6, Issue 4

ICD-10 Deadline: Implementation date set at October 1, 2014

October 1, 2012
Clinical & Coding, News

On August 24, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a one-year delay of ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation. The new deadline is October 1, 2014. (Read the final rule at www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2012-21238_PI.pdf.)

For many, that’...Read More »

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