ACDIS welcomes a new team member this week. Karen Elmore, BSN, RN, CCDS, joins us as CDI education director and will oversee all ACDIS’ educational offerings, including...Read More »
Three newly released compliance audits from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) highlight significant gaps between high-risk diagnosis codes submitted for Medicare Advantage risk adjustment and the medical records supporting those diagnoses. The...Read More »
CMS has released its first report on how states are implementing funds from the Rural Health Transformation Program, which will distribute $50 billion to rural providers from...Read More »
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who currently use TNF inhibitors or interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor inhibitors had higher rates of first-time bloodstream infections than those who had no current use of biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs,...Read More »
Q: How should a coder handle the documentation and coding of a fragility fracture when the underlying cause, such as osteoporosis, has not been clearly established?
A: Providers often use the term fragility fracture in their...Read More »
Did you know that 54% of CDI departments plan to hire additional staff in the next 12 months?
Did you also know that of the departments surveyed, 85% intend to hire CDI specialists, 63% CDI second level reviewers, and 15% CDI lead or CDI supervisors?
