CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 13

Note from the Instructor: National Doctor’s Day, March 30

March 29, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries, Education

By Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC

It’s easy to pick on physicians. As CDI specialists, we joke about the physician who still writes “urospesis” in the record, or the provider who consistently answers queries with “unable to be determined.”

Sure, it can be...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 13

ACDIS update: Your civic duty—vote in the 2018 ACDIS advisory board election

March 29, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management

We need our ACDIS members to take a few minutes out of your day for a very important duty: Voting in the next group of advisory board members.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 13

News: OIG says Michigan Health System incorrectly billed high-severity MS-DRGs

March 29, 2018
Clinical & Coding, Denials & Appeals, News, Quality & Regulatory

An OIG audit of the University of Michigan Health System revealed noncompliance with four types of inpatient claims, including those associated with the billing of high-severity-level MS-DRGs.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 13

Q&A: Querying for a condition based on administered medications

March 29, 2018
Ask ACDIS, Physician Queries

Q: Can the physician be queried as to why the patient is taking methadone or suboxone? If yes, how would it be presented?Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 13

CCDS update: How do I recertify my CCDS credential?

March 29, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Every now and again, someone asks us what they need to do to recertify their CCDS credential. It’s easy!Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 13

News: CMS paid $367 million for noncompliant outpatient physical therapy

March 29, 2018
News, Outpatient CDI, Quality & Regulatory

Sixty-one percent of the selected claims for outpatient physical therapy services did not comply with Medicare medical necessity, coding, and/or documentation requirements.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 13

News: Johns Hopkins study probes root causes of pulmonary hypertension

March 29, 2018
Clinical & Coding, News

Johns Hopkins researchers say they’ve made a breakthrough in understanding the biology behind pulmonary HTN.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 13

Journal excerpt: When it comes to physician engagement, get creative

March 29, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

CDI professionals need to think outside the box when it comes to physician engagement.Read More »

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