Articles for October 3, 2024

CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 45

Note from the ACDIS Editor: The ACDIS CDI Scholarship application is open, tell your friends!

October 3, 2024
ACDIS Guidance, Education

by Jess Fluegel

ACDIS exists to serve as the premier healthcare community for CDI and provide only the best education and resources for those in the CDI field—though for some CDI professionals, accessing education beyond the free resources ACDIS offers can be difficult. If you...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 45

News: OIG audit calls for Humana, CVS to repay millions in MA overpayments

October 3, 2024
News, Quality & Regulatory

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) is requesting a $6.8 million refund from...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 45

News: Healthcare leaders prioritizing cybersecurity but optimistic about AI, survey shows

October 3, 2024
CDI Management, News

According to a survey published by Bain & Company and KLAS, 75% of respondents reported an increase in IT investments over the past year. Respondents, made up of 150 United States providers and...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 45

News: Commenters ask CMS to expand the SDOH risk assessment

October 3, 2024
Clinical & Coding, News

CMS issued a broad request for information on the new codes that it created this year to address social needs. This includes HCPCCS code G0136, or Administration of a standardized, evidence-based social determinants of health...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 45

Q&A: Provider engagement

October 3, 2024
Ask ACDIS, Physician Advisors, Physician Queries

As part of the fourteenth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Maria Gracia (Gigi) Donohue, BSN, RN, CCDS, regional manager of clinical documentation excellence at South...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 45

ACDIS update: Joint ACDIS/ACPA white paper on pediatric respiratory failure published

October 3, 2024
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

The goal of CDI is to create documentation that accurately reflects the physician’s intent, and the care provided to the individual patient, even amidst varying factors such as in the pediatric population. Last week, ACDIS and the American College of Physician Advisors (ACPA) jointly published...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 45

ACDIS update: Does your department have a CDI educator? Answer the latest ACDIS poll!

October 3, 2024
ACDIS Guidance, Education

ACDIS polls allow both the national team and our members a chance to obtain a specific piece of data that speaks to industry trends and professional consensus. Sometimes, a poll gathers information for one CDI department with a specific question or helps shape content for ACDIS’ publications. In...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 45

ACDIS update: 2024 CDI Week recap, plus pictures from one CDI program’s celebrations!

October 3, 2024
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

Like any exciting annual holiday or celebration, just because it’s over doesn’t mean we should be quick to forget! This year, CDI Week stepped into a whole new universe with the amount of education and resources offered on top of all the fun. But in case they haven’t come into your orbit yet,...Read More »

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