The Michigan ACDIS chapter has been holding annual conferences for nearly a decade. The challenges of 2020 haven’t stopped the dedicated team of volunteer chapter leaders. Earlier this summer, the leadership team realized plans for an in-person event due to the COVID-19...Read More »
Q: Our system is seeing increasing cases being denied inpatient care with the suggestion that the cases should have been billed as observation. Right now, our coding department handles the coding-based denials, CDI handles clinical validation denials, and care management...Read More »
The COVID-19 pandemic brought into stark relief the fact that CDI departments must have a strong and consistent mechanism for displaying the value they bring to their organizations. It doesn’t necessarily matter what that value is—financial impact, quality...Read More »
A study published in The Lancet Public Health found that modifiable health risks have been associated with more than $730 billion in United States healthcare spending,...Read More »