CMS plans to launch a new voluntary bundled payment model—the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced)—to “improve quality of care, coordination, and...Read More »
Q: If an uncertain diagnosis is only documented by a consultant consistently through the medical record, including in the last progress note, and is left out of the discharge summary, should that diagnosis be coded?Read More »
Composing and documenting verbal query interactions often confuses CDI specialists. While the guidance published by ACDIS and AHIMA holds for all queries, written and unwritten alike, gauging a verbal query’s compliance can be a tricky business.Read More »
Lately, I’ve been sending out emails to chapter leaders across the country asking for their latest updates and giving them a few reminders along the way. I wanted to pass along the information here, too.Read More »
