2024 is upon us! Well, that’s how it feels to the ACDIS team at least.
I’ve written before that the national conference feels like the end of the ACDIS year and that a new year begins immediately after the conference concludes. Which means, with the 2023...Read More »
Medicare Advantage (MA) overpayments have cost taxpayers approximately $88 billion per year (or 22% of 2022 MA spending levels), according to a new report.
The report, authored by the Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), suggested that Part B premiums or federal spending on...Read More »
Patients diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism (PE) and COVID-19 maintained higher in-hospital mortality rates than those without COVID-19, according to MedPage Today.
Rana Prathap Padappayil, MBBS, of Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, presented the conclusions of a new...Read More »
A recent audit conducted by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has found that four states—Texas, Florida, Minnesota, and New York—terminated Medicaid coverage for thousands of enrollees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The audit was conducted to review the increase in funding these...Read More »
Did you know that 50% of CDI departments plan to hire additional staff in the next 12 months?
Did you also know that of the departments surveyed, 87% intend to hire CDI specialists, 18% CDI second level reviewers, and 10% CDI lead or CDI supervisors?
Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice was produced through the joint effort of ACDIS and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Both associations collaborated on the creation of this practice brief and approved its contents, and as such it...Read More »