Attached is a supplement to the October 2010 issue of CDI Journal. It provides important updates every CDI specialist should know regarding new guidance issued in AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM for both the Third and Fourth Quarter of 2010. The author of the article is James...Read More »
Starting in January 2022, Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald began sending out “missed connections” emails with questions from Council members every Monday. Anyone with experience related to one of the questions was invited to respond and Archibald connected them with the question...Read More »
So you’ve been trudging along with your program; the numbers look good to fair, and when you speak with physicians they seem to understand the bigger picture but you know your program could be better. So how do you “shock” it back to life? Usually...Read More »
With approximately 30 applications up for consideration, ACDIS had a difficult time voting in four expert individuals to serve up to a three-year term. Incoming 2010 board members include:
James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, managing director in the FTI Healthcare’s Corporate Finance
The ACDIS events team has decided to extend last year’s special discount to current members of the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council for the 2022 ACDIS conference. The conference takes place May 2-5, 2022, at the Gaylord Palms Resort &...Read More »
The question of whether to retain queries as a permanent part of the medical record increased in importance this spring as recovery audit contractors (RAC) included queries on the list of records they requested as part of complex audits.
“Once upon a time, there were no query police, But...Read More »
In January, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission released its fiscal year 2009 annual report. In it, the agency touts a state-wide recovery of more than $300 million—a nearly $70 million recovery jump...Read More »
