Articles for November 16, 2017

CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 54

Note from the CCDS Coordinator: Over the Y92.838 and through the Y92.821 to Grandmother’s Y92.01 we go

November 16, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

By Penny Richards

Ah. Thanksgiving.

While the ACDIS team will be out of the office for the Thanksgiving holiday and Black Friday, we know that the opportunities for mishaps requiring medical attention are far too plentiful to mention. We wouldn’t want to leave you without...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 54

News: Hospital sues Leapfrog Group over inaccurate patient safety grades

November 16, 2017
News, Quality & Regulatory

Most people in the healthcare world are aware of the controversy-fraught public reporting websites for quality data. Saint Anthony Hospital in Chicago, however, decided to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 54

ACDIS update: Final 2017 quarterly conference call today

November 16, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory

ACDIS members are invited to participate in today’s quarterly conference call at 1 p.m. eastern. This will be the last call of 2017, so don’t miss it!Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 54

Local chapter updates: Welcoming new Maryland and Oregon ACDIS leaders

November 16, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

ACDIS likes to be invited to its local chapter’s leadership planning meetings. It offers the national administration an opportunity to serve as a resource to the chapter’s volunteers and offer insight into the ways other chapters perhaps have handled an event or educational session in the past...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 54

Q&A: Coding unilateral weakness post CVA

November 16, 2017
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I have a question regarding unilateral weakness from a previous stroke. The patient has ongoing weakness in both right arm and leg post cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and associated ataxia post CVA in 2013. Is it...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 54

News: Physician Compare preview period extended through December 1

November 16, 2017
News, Quality & Regulatory

Due to a technical issue which rendered the preview data not viewable during the first week of the Physician Compare preview period, CMS has extended the preview through December 1, according to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 54

ACDIS update: No CDI Strategies on Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 23

November 16, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, News

Because the ACDIS office will be closed, CDI Strategies is also taking Thursday, November 23 off.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 54

News: JAMA study suggests lower readmissions are linked to higher death risks

November 16, 2017
News, Quality & Regulatory

As many as 10,000 heart failure patients could die prematurely each year because of misguided efforts that keep them out of the hospital to avoid the financial penalties attached to higher readmissions, according to a study published in JAMA.Read More »

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