An audit performed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that incorrect acute stroke diagnosis codes submitted by traditional Medicare providers resulted in millions of dollars in...Read More »
By now most CDI professionals have likely seen the July Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit report, which can be found here. If you haven’t, that...Read More »
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) will begin reviewing Medicare payments for COVID-19 discharges, according to a recent update to its ...Read More »
In conjunction with The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Academy), the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN), and the American Society for Nutrition (ASN), ACDIS recently collaborated on a joint statement in response...Read More »
According to an audit from the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG), the Ohio State University Hospital received millions in overpayments during the audit period because of coding and...Read More »
Q: We’re having some trouble with malnutrition documentation. In many instances, the patient meets the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) criteria and the provider agrees with the query, but then doesn’t expand on the diagnosis in their documentation. We’re then...Read More »
According to an audit from the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG), a 253-bed hospital in Topeka, Kansas, received millions in overpayments because of incorrectly billing Medicare.
The OIG audit report states that Saint Francis Health Center...Read More »
