The ACDIS local chapter/networking calendar for April filled up quickly and May meetings are set to cover a wide variety of educational hot topics, particularly early in the month with four chapter meetings taking place on May 1. For additional information, visit the local chapter page on the...Read More »
$2.3 billion. That’s what the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) earned back from healthcare fraud judgments and settlements in fiscal year 2014, according to a March 19 report.Read More »
With dozens of local chapters meeting all across the country it may come as no surprise that leaders have sprung forward with more than a dozen events in March and April. For additional information, visit the local chapter page on the...Read More »
We’re counting down the days until the 2015 annual conference in San Antonio. If you’re as excited as we are, you won’t want to miss our weekly speaker Q&A on the ACDIS Blog to get a feel for the sessions we’ll be offering and start planning your itinerary.Read More »
For calendar years (CYs) 2010 and 2011, Medicare paid hospitals $711 million for claims that included a diagnosis code for Kwashiorkor, a form of severe protein malnutrition typically found in third-world countries that is extremely rare in the United States.Read More »
Last week’s congressional House Energy and Commerce Committee subcommittee hearing regarding ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation left many industry leaders optimistic. Of the seven witnesses who answered committee questions and provided testimony, only one spoke against implementation, essentially...Read More »
Medicare’s Value-Based Purchasing ties reimbursement to quality measures, assessing criteria such as mortality, patient satisfaction, and other items.Read More »
