Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries have a lower risk of hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) than traditional Medicare members, according to a study recently ...Read More »
Hospital patients discharged after severe SARS-CoV-2 infection followed one of three cognitive trajectories, according to a study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia. In observing 946 severe COVID-...Read More »
Requiring Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations (MAO) to definitively identify payment denials on encounter records submitted for MA would enhance program oversight and help combat fraud, according to a new report submitted by the Office of Inspector General (OIG). Although most 2019 MA...Read More »
Q: A four-year-old managing lissencephaly, hypotonia, and dysphagia with aspiration of secretions presents with fever and tachypnea. A chest x-ray shows right lower lobe infiltrates. Would it be appropriate to query the provider to confirm a diagnosis of pneumonia?...Read More »
CDI is a land of opportunity. We know from our recent survey data that more than half of CDI programs plan to hire new staff this year. This staffing expansion is likely partly due to expansions in CDI scope and responsibilities to...Read More »
ACDIS is always seeking to better its current offerings and improve based on the needs of members like you. But we can’t do that without your honest feedback! To get the best gauge of our community’s needs possible, the 2023 ACDIS Membership...Read More »
Four years ago, when Tami McMasters Gomez, MHL, BS-HIM, CCDS, CDIP, the director of coding and CDI services at the University of California Medical Center at Davis in Sacramento, was asked to review the hospital’s contractual agreement for its...Read More »
