The Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) is pleased to comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed changes to the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and proposed fiscal year (FY) 2011 rates, as published...Read More »
An 89-year-old female is admitted to the hospital from home with a ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). She also has stage 3 chronic kidney disease and refuses catheterization due to risk of dialysis. The patient enacts her living will. She is given appropriate medical therapy,...Read More »