To combat inclement weather and uncertain travel, many local chapter leaders opt for remote or web-based winter events this January including those in Indiana, Washington, and Philadelphia. Others nevertheless look to persevere such as the local chapter members in Connecticut, central...Read More »
If you attended the ACDIS conference in Atlanta last year, you might have been among those lucky enough to catch Shannon McCall, director of HCPro’s Certified Coder Boot Camp® programs face off against ACDIS’ CDI education coordinator Laurie Prescott in a head-to-head, heavy-weight champion of...Read More »
The ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting for the 2017 fiscal year (effective 10/1/2016) added a new directive. In Section I, subsection A, item 19, states that:
by Shannon Newell, RHIA, CCS, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer
The 30-day all cause acute myocardial infarction (AMI) mortality outcome measure has been linked to hospital payments since the inception of the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program (HVBP) in fiscal year 2013....Read More »
I’m excited to share some good news this week. Due to popular demand, ACDIS has created a new boot camp devoted to the CCDS credential. In two days, the class will prepare participants for all the areas the examination covers, how best to study for it, and even day-of-test tips to ensure you...Read More »
The end of the year and the holiday season is a time to reflect on accomplishments, and give thanks to the colleagues and friends who helped you produce good work and meet professional goals along the way. And the year 2016 will go down as a very productive one...Read More »
President-elect Donald Trump selected Republican Representative Tom Price, 62, an orthopedic surgeon from Georgia to head the Department of Health and Human Services and Seema Verma, founder of the Indiana health policy consulting firm SVC Inc., as his pick for administrator of the Centers for...Read More »
