The CMS is working with Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation/Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) to develop a measure of acute cardiovascular-related admissions for patients with heart failure. The purpose of developing this measure is to assist in creating outcome measures...Read More »
A new study performed by researchers at Johns Hopkins found that Medicare fraud and abuse costs are much as $140 billion annually. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine, also found that this fraud and abuse is...Read More »
We had a patient with Type 2 diabetes who was admitted for hypoglycemia with metabolic encephalopathy. The patient also had stage 2 chronic kidney disease (CKD) and a diagnosis of hypertension (HTN). Which ICD-10-CM codes should we assign for this patient’s encounter?Read More »
The ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI is next week at the Hyatt Regency in Austin, Texas! Have you registered yet? If not, you still have a chance!Read More »
The ACDIS Forms & Tools Library Committee recently approved several new samples for publication in the ACDIS Resource Library. The committee also included suggestions with each sample to help those adapting these resources. Here’s what’s new in the Library:
As ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas shared last week, the ACDIS team celebrated Halloween in style last week by throwing a Mad Hatter’s Tea Cocktail Party! As you can see in the image to the right, we had quite the group costume party. From left to right, you’ll see the...Read More »
The Chapter Advisory Board meets virtually nearly every month to discuss concerns of local chapter volunteers and to share their thoughts about how ACDIS can help improve the experiences of those volunteers and the members they serve. Over the past year, they’ve worked diligently on a number of...Read More »
I have been a CDI specialist in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for a few years now and had the pleasure of co-presenting on the topic...Read More »
