I’ve never met an experienced coder who wasn’t told at one point or another that they “coded a record wrong.” Usually, by someone with no coding education or experience, typically because he/she doesn’t like the outcome(s) of the...Read More »
An overhaul of the newly coined Promoting Interoperability Programs (PIP, formerly known as the Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs), significant reductions to reporting requirements for quality initiatives, updates to payment rates, and changes CC/MCC designations for some conditions,...Read More »
Prime Healthcare in Ontario, California, and its founder and CEO, Dr. Prem Reddy, have agreed to pay $65 million to end a lawsuit alleging the hospital chain engaged in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare, the...Read More »
Q:Often, we get caught up on some clinical indicators that potentially introduce encephalopathy, for example, if patient has vascular dementia or other structural issues that might contribute to encephalopathy. Can you help...Read More »
Only months after eClinicalWorks was sued for nearly $1 billion over inaccurate and unreliable data, the OIG fined the software company $132,500 for failing to report patient safety issues with its...Read More »
With CDI Week kicking off in 38 days (September 17-21, 2018), the ACDIS team wanted to take this opportunity to introduce you to the members of this year’s committee.Read More »
Ever wonder how your CDI program ranks in terms of physician query responses? Wondering if your facility is the only one that struggles to reduce the number of doctors who habitually answer “unable to determine” as a means to bypass supporting CDI?Read More »
The Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist-Outpatient (CCDS-O) committee released the CCDS-O content outline, which is now available for review on the CCDS-O...Read More »
