Note: This article pertains principally to conditions most often treated in the outpatient area but which may have implications for inpatient conditions.
Mental health disorders are common in the United States, with an estimated 19% of Americans 18 or older...Read More »
At the close of fiscal year 2013, nearly 5,000 claims denials remained pending review at the Department Appeals Board (DAB) – the last level of administrative review following Administrative Law Judges (ALJ) appeal. The ALJs appeals backlog stood at 460,000, according to the American...Read More »
Physician evaluation and management (E/M) payments cost Medicare $32.3 billion in 2010—about 30% of all Part B payments that year—and of that amount, about $6.7 billion were incorrectly coded or documented, according to an Office of...Read More »
Those interested in serving on the 2015 ACDIS Conference Committee must be active ACDIS members and have attended at least two previous ACDIS conferences. To volunteer, please download...Read More »
Q: I am looking for help on reviewing a neonatal intensive-care unit (NICU) death chart for severity ofillness/risk of mortality (SOI/ROM). Prior to birth the child was diagnosed with a severe brain abnormality, holoprosencephaly. The family decided upon comfort care once the baby was...Read More »
Now that ICD-10 has been delayed, its a great time to go back and perfect the basics. The Tuesday, June 10th webcast, at 1 p.m., EST, reviews more than 15 examples of potentially problematic queries, tackles the use of a "yes/no", and multiple-choice queries and explores key ICD-10 query...Read More »