Almost half of hospitals in the United States will be getting lower payments for Medicare patients due to their readmission history, according to an analysis reported in Kaiser Health News...Read More »
What actions do CDI teams take when staff receive “unable to clinically determine” responses to queries? Some physicians may use this as an easy query “out” versus addressing the clinical question and we are seeing some repeat offenders. We started tracking and presenting these to our physician...Read More »
With the uncertainty remaining around the COVID-19 pandemic, ACDIS has made the decision to reschedule our annual conference. Originally scheduled for May 17-20, 2021, the conference will now take place October 25-28, 2021. It will remain at the Sheraton Hotel in Dallas...Read More »
The crisp leaves of fall are almost gone and winter chill is starting to set in. This upcoming winter, you can expect a few things from ACDIS.
First, our team will be taking some time off to celebrate the holidays just as you all should. The ACDIS national office will be closing on the...Read More »
As fall is in full swing and the holiday season approaches, the new year is just around the corner. While we don’t know what 2021 will bring for social gatherings and next steps towards back to normal from the pandemic, it’s time to start planning ahead for your 2021 local chapter events....Read More »
I've been told that if there are clinical indicators to support that chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the etiology of a patient’s hypertension, a code from category I15 would be assigned. Code I12 is for hypertensive CKD, isn’t it? So why do we have to use I15 codes instead? What’s the main...Read More »
I was working in the office, late one night
When my eyes beheld an eerie sight
For my coworkers from their cubicles, began to rise
And suddenly to my surprise
They did the mash, they did the monster mash...Read More »
