Hospital star ratings were updated publicly Thursday for the first time since 2017, despite long-running accusations that the government’s methodology presents...Read More »
Eight hundred hospitals will see a pay cut this year from Medicare due to high rates of infections and patient injuries. This is the highest number of cuts since the launch of the HAC Reduction Program five years ago.Read More »
Q:One of my CDI staff members recently asked me for resources to help differentiate between an acute PE/DVT and a chronic PE/DVT. She’s looking for anything that could help her explain the difference to a physician, but I’m...Read More »
Every tool, example, and template found in the ACDIS Resource Library was contributed by an ACDIS member. The Library is built by members and for that reason, ACDIS occasionally puts a call out for submissions to help fill any gaps in the current...Read More »
“These were the two most educated trauma coding speakers I have heard, and I’ve been doing this for 13 years,” said one attendee of last year’s trauma CDI webinar of speakers Nicole Fox, MD, MPH, FACS, CPE, and Kristie Perry, RN, MHSA, CCDS, CCS.Read More »
Megan Cortazzo, MD, will present “End the CDI Silo: How Collaborative Programs Improve Revenue, Quality, and Physician Engagement,” on Day 2 of the ACDIS conference. Cortazzo is the medical director of CDI and Health Information Management (HIM) at University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in...Read More »
Developments continue in a $188.1 million lawsuit against Renton, Washington-based Providence Health & Services, with a judge presiding over the case requesting additional documentation from both parties to determine if the suit will continue or be dismissed...Read More »