Effective January 1, CMS stopped paying for the CPT codes physicians use to bill consultations. This dramatic change provides a window of opportunity for CDI specialists, who are well-positioned to not only break the bad news to physicians, but also provide them with education on how to...Read More »
Septicemia has been problematic for some time. Coders often misunderstand the ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting as it pertains to the sequencing of the assigned codes, says Shannon E. McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CCDS, director of HIM
Susan Borrego, MSN, RN, CCDS, and Michelle Limo, MSMIT, RN, CCDS represent the two-person team that is the Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare (SVMH) system’s CDI department. They came up with a congratulatory certificate for physicians when they provide specific...Read More »
Continuing on its pay for performance agenda, CMS released information about new bundled payments related to cardiac diseases and hip replacements as well as a new Accountable Care Organization (ACO) opportunity for small practices, according to...Read More »
