Articles for August 3, 2017

CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 34

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: A Little Local Chapter Love

August 3, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Education

By Melissa Varnavas

Next Friday, August 11, ACDIS Editor Linnea Archibald and I will head down to Newton, Massachusetts for the third-annual joint ACDIS/AHIMA New England CDI Symposium. The leaders of the MaHIMA, NYHIMA, and MA ACDIS have met for months to develop a comprehensive...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 34

News: CMS clarifies “special status” selection process for Quality Payment Program

August 3, 2017
News, Quality & Regulatory

Which types of clinicians will get “special status” from CMS for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) data submissions this year? CMS recently updated its website with a tool (available online) providers can use to check to see whether they are...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 34

News: Documentation of radiologist-referrer consults lack detail

August 3, 2017
CDI Expansion, News, Quality & Regulatory

Researchers at NYU Langone found that many informal consultations between referrers and radiologists were captured incompletely or inadequately in the electronic health record (EHR), according to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 34

News: ICD-10 coding not reaching full potential, experts say

August 3, 2017
Clinical & Coding, News

Although the transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS was fairly smooth, two years later billing and coding experts say that, in most cases, the codes are not being put to their intended use.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 34

Q&A: Finding sepsis where there is none

August 3, 2017
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

Q: We recently reviewed a troubling case related to sepsis core extractions which revealed that the patient did not have sepsis and the physicians did not document sepsis as there was no bacterial infection. The CDI specialist, however...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 34

Membership update: Free webinar focuses on CDI training for hospital residents

August 2, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Finding the time to train residents around their busy rotations can be difficult for CDI managers and residency program coordinators. In this free 60-minute webinar, Laurie Prescott shares her best practices and teaching strategies for hospital residents.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 34

Local chapter updates: List of Upcoming Events

August 3, 2017
CDI Expansion, Education

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. If you have an upcoming event you would like to include, please email Melissa Varnavas (mvarnavas@acdis.org) and Linnea Archibald (...Read More »