Articles for January 22, 2015

CDI Strategies - Volume 9, Issue 2

Associate Director’s Note: Advisory Board Voting set; cast your ballot today

January 22, 2015
ACDIS Guidance

 The ACDIS (electronic) ballot box has been primed and dusted, ready for the amazing new candidates who stepped forward this year. Remember, voting is open only to ACDIS members. Voting instructions are included on the top of the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 9, Issue 2

Local Chapter Update: New Central Pennsylvania group meets January 29

January 22, 2015
News

 Thursday, January 29, Deanne Wilk, CDI and inpatient coding manager at Good Samaritan Health System in Lebanon, Pennsylvania will host the area’s first meeting. Those interested in joining her can email her at deannewilk@yahoo.com or ...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 9, Issue 2

News: Denials suit dismissed; AHA says process improvements needed

January 22, 2015
News, Quality & Regulatory

The battle over timely reviews for Medicare claims denials continues despite a federal court’s decision to dismiss an American Hospital Association (AHA) lawsuit in December. The suit, brought by the AHA and several hospitals, sought to have the courts compel the Department of Health and Human...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 9, Issue 2

News: MedPac recommends 2016 payments increase by 3.2%

January 22, 2015
News

Both hospital inpatient and outpatient payments require substantial increases in payments in fiscal year (FY) 2016 to offset an expected negative 9.0% overall margin in FY 2015, the American Hospital Association (AHA) told the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPac) in comments it...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 9, Issue 2

Q&A: A second look at encephalopathy as integral to seizures/CVA

January 22, 2015
Ask ACDIS

Editor’s Note: James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CDIP,director of CDIMD Physician Champions offers the following perspective on a Q&A originally published in the December 18, 2014, ...Read More »