Q: Our small hospital has decided at this time that they no longer need the services of a Physician Advisor (PA). He will only be here another sixty days. Can you tell me from your perspective why a hospital should have a PA?Read More »
There are a mere 75 days left until the 4th Annual ACDIS Conference in Orlando (April 7-8). Amazing how quickly the hands on old father time’s clock spin. It seems like just yesterday we were unpacking the boxes from the Chicago conference last June and here we are again preparing for...Read More »
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recovered $2.5 billion in healthcare fraud recoveries for fiscal year (FY) 2010—the largest in history—and $3 billion in total civil fraud claims, according to a DOJ press release. Of that...Read More »
By Glenn Krauss, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPUR, C-CDI, CCDS
I recently received a fortune cookie from a colleague. After reading the fortune several times, I realized the hidden message certainly has direct relevance to CDI efforts toward affecting overall change in patterns of...Read More »
Three types of mistakes—insufficient documentation, miscoded claims, and medically unnecessary services and supplies—accounted for nearly 98% of errors common across six different provider types, according to the July 14 report ...Read More »
There may be hope for hospitals carefully watching the proposed IPPS rule, praying for some amelioration of the suggested 2.9% documentation and coding adjustment (DCA) it included. On July 12, 242 members of Congress...Read More »
Nine hospitals in seven states will pay the United States more than $9.4 million combined to resolve claims that they overcharged Medicare between 2000 and 2008, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release....Read More »
