ACDIS members are invited to participate in a Quarterly Conference Call taking place, Thursday, Aug. 22, 1-2 p.m. (EST). Dial-in instructions were sent via email to ACDIS members. If you are an ACDIS member but did not receive your dial-in...Read More »
The U.S. Veterans Health Administration announced yesterday that it is rolling out system-wide CDI efforts. As one of the largest healthcare organizations in the country with 151 hospitals and 827 community-based outpatient clinics, the move signifies the...Read More »
CMS redefined the criteria for inpatient admission by implementing the “two-midnights” rule in the recently released IPPS Final Rule. For an inpatient admission to be deemed medically necessary under the...Read More »
A recent study conducted by the AHIMA Foundation in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic examined the impact of computer-assisted coding (CAC) on coding time, accuracy, and precision. The study revealed that using a credentialed coder with CAC...Read More »
CMS first released the new ICD-10-PCS codes and guidelines in May, followed by the new ICD-10-CM codes in June, and the ICD-10-CM guidelines in July. Last week, it released updates to the general equivalence mappings (GEMs) from CMS for both...Read More »
Q: I have come across an ethical dilemma. We have a small CDI program and a “home grown” application we use to report metrics to the chief financial officer (CFO). In this, we track whether a CDI specialist’s query captured a CC/MCC. If it is the...Read More »
ACDIS is currently seeking speakers to present at the seventh annual ACDIS Conference, to be held May 7–9, 2014, at Bally's Hotel in Las Vegas. We seek speakers to present on all aspects of CDI. Advanced CDI sessions...Read More »
