In 1999, the Institute of Medicine reported that medical errors represent one of the leading causes of mortality in the United States and noted that medical error–related deaths resulted in more than 50,000 preventable deaths and $20 billion in associated costs annually. Since then, the...Read More »
The deadline for poster presentation applications closes today, Thursday, December 15, at 5 p.m., eastern. Poster presentations allow participants to read and review details regarding an individual or facility CDI success story. Volunteers must commit to attend the 10th annual ACDIS...Read More »
Out of roughly 3,000 hospitals across the country, more than 1,600 will have an increase in their base operating MS-DRG payments, according to a CMS November 1 release, regarding...Read More »
Improper hospital claims dropped from $10.45 billion to $4.42 billion from the 2014 report period (July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013) to the 2016 report period (July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015), according...Read More »
Three different regions in New York started CDI networking outreach in the last month—Westchester (County), Central (regional near Syracuse), and Champlain Valley (connecting CDI professionals on both side of the great lake in Vermont and New York).Read More »
CMS recently released details of its next round of settlements for hospitals with pending inpatient appeals to help clear a massive backlog that has been the subject of a long-running lawsuit.
With appeals waiting for adjudication before Administrative Law Judges (ALJ) ...Read More »
In the largest settlement with a skilled nursing facility chain in Department of Justice history, federal prosecutors say Life Care Centers of America billed Medicare and TRICARE for unnecessary rehab therapy.Read More »
