The Washington Evergreen ACDIS chapter held their most recent meeting on Friday, November 3. The meeting featured the CDI presentations from expert speakers, breakfast, lunch, and networking time. The leaders also incorporated a slightly more creative piece to their meeting.Read More »
The largest source of estimated revenue loss in the healthcare mid-cycle in 2016 was attributed to inadequate documentation, according to a report by the Advisory Board.Read More »
CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced a “Meaningful Measures” initiative to reduce the burden of quality reporting on healthcare providers.Read More »
The improper payment rate for hospital outpatient services for the 2016 CERT report period was 5.4%, at a projected cost of $3.1 billion, which accounts for 7.5% of the overall Medicare fee-for-service improper payment rate.Read More »
ACDIS and I are both celebrating our birthday this week. ACDIS is turning 10. I turned 10 a long time ago. Since ACDIS can’t tell you what she wants for her birthday (yes, I think of ACDIS as a “she”), I’m going to tell you want I want for my birthday....Read More »
The OIG recently reviewed $51.6 million in Medicare Part B payments to acute care hospitals only to find that Medicare did not appropriately pay the hospitals for any of the reviewed outpatient services.Read More »
In 2016, the majority of CDI professionals earned between $70,000 and $79,000. With all the shifts in CDI focus areas, however, did salary earnings increase as well?Read More »
The work of a CDI professional can at times seem isolating and unimportant. Does it matter if a query gets answered? When we educate physicians, and tell them what they document matters, are they listening? Then a case comes along and demonstrates not just that the CDI profession does...Read More »
