Articles for January 17, 2019

CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 3

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Let your voice be heard

January 17, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS

By Melissa Varnavas

Last night, I stopped to pick up a few things at Staples. At the checkout counter, the clerk ran into a couple of challenges. None of these interruptions in my checkout experience were this individual’s fault and she handled them while keeping a shy smile and...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 3

News: Hospital readmissions reduction program’s success questioned

January 17, 2019
News, Quality & Regulatory

The success of CMS’ HRRP has been overstated, according to a recent study from Health Affairs. Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 3

News: CMS underpaid hospitals by $76.8 billion in 2017, AHA reports

January 17, 2019
News, Quality & Regulatory

Medicare and Medicaid underpaid hospitals by $76.8 billion in 2017, according to the AHA's...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 3

News: OIG plans to publish adverse events studies

January 17, 2019
News, Quality & Regulatory

The OIG has been conducting a series of studies about adverse events (patient harm) in various healthcare settings since 2008 and will be publishing more of its corresponding reports throughout 2019.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 3

Q&A: Glasgow Coma Scale and HCCs

January 17, 2019
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I’ve been told that a patient with the documentation of “traumatic cerebral edema with loss of consciousness of 18 hours and GCS—eyes open to sound,” should be assigned to HCC 166. But I keep coming up with two possible HCCs...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 3

CCDS update: Reminder about the recertification application

January 17, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

A reminder those going through the CCDS recertification process that the application is two pages in length and you must submit both pages when you recertify.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 3

Conference corner: Get to know the 2019 keynote and general session speakers

January 17, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

The 2019 ACDIS conference, which takes place May 20-23 at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida, is set to be a fantastic event. With six educational tracks and more than 90 speakers,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 3

ACDIS update: Join us for our annual CC/MCC list webinar, January 25

January 17, 2019
Clinical & Coding, Education

Join founding ACDIS Advisory Board member William E. Haik, MD, FCCP, CDIP, of DRG Review, Inc., next Thursday, January 24, for an in-depth look at the 2019 CC/MCC list and get a seasoned physician’s perspective on how to query for some of the most commonly missed diagnoses.Read More »

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