CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 6, Issue 12

Council reminder: Nominate a peer, submit a poster for ACDIS 2025!

December 9, 2024
ACDIS Guidance, Education

It’s that time of year again!

If you are looking to recognize your incredible CDI colleagues for all the work they do, we encourage you to nominate them for our ACDIS Achievement Awards by Tuesday, December 31, 2024. This year, ACDIS is offering five different...Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 6, Issue 12

New questions on productivity policies, CDI work outside the U.S.

December 9, 2024
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS

One of the biggest benefits of Council membership is that it opens opportunities for collaboration and networking between members. While you can always ask questions via the ACDIS Forum thread specifically for Council members...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 6, Issue 12

News: OIG says physicians increased levels of E/M billing

June 7, 2012
News, Quality & Regulatory

Over a nine-year period, from 2001 to 2010, physicians increased billing of higher level evaluation and management (E/M) codes in all types of E/M services, according to an Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report released in May...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 6, Issue 12

News: Study says dictated documentation less effective

June 7, 2012
News, CDI Management

Patients of physicians using dictated electronic health records appear to be receiving lower quality care than those of physicians who use structured or even free-text documentation. At least that’s the findings of a recent study by Jeffrey A. Linder, PhD, division of general medicine and...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 6, Issue 12

News: Latest PEPPER released

June 7, 2012
News

The latest Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) was released May 24. CDI specialists may access the report via their facility QualityNet account, located here: www.qualitynet.org.

The PEPPER allows each hospital to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 6, Issue 12

Debating the ICD-10 deferment

June 11, 2012
Clinical & Coding

A delay in ICD-10’s implementation has definitely caused angst, especially for coding staff, says Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, regional managing director of HIM, NCAL revenue cycle, at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. & Hospitals in Oakland, Calif. “I think...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 6, Issue 12

News: US Senator favors ICD-10 delay; AHIMA outlines its arguments against postponement

June 7, 2012
News

US Senator Tom Coburn, MD, (R-OK) suggests Congress hold committee hearings regarding ICD-10 implementation to evaluate its cost/benefit analysis in a position paper titled...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 6, Issue 12

News: OIG semi-annual report to Congress cites CMS limitations

June 7, 2012
News, Quality & Regulatory

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) pointed to deficiencies in CMS’ oversight of Zone Program Integrity Contractors (ZPICs), indicated that Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program calculations could be more accurate, and pointed to unaddressed contractor-identified vulnerabilities...Read More »

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