Nearly 200 people lost their lives. More than 300,000 either lost their homes completely or suffered significant damage. In the floods that came with Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey ACDIS Chapter leader Deborah Gardner-Brown lost the first floor of her home to significant water damage.
A November report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) calls on CMS to provide better oversight of its key audit contractors specifically related to Medicaid. The report called the National Medicaid Audit Program (NMAP) “inefficient...Read More »
“Documentation can be greatly improved by a properly functioning query process,” AHIMA says in its 2008 “Managing an Effective Query Process” practice brief. But how can you tell whether your query process works? Peer-to-peer review of query practices and outcomes may provide a low-cost,...Read More »
Do you wish you had a discount for the 2025 ACDIS Conference?
Wish granted.
This is a special reminder that the events team has decided to offer a discount to current members of the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council for the ...Read More »
Depending on how they are sequenced, CC and MCC conditions can have a direct effect on MS-DRG assignment, says ACDIS Advisory Board member Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP, clinical documentation improvement (CDI) education director at HCPro, Inc. in Danvers, Mass., and an AHIMA-...Read More »
Q: A few times I have seen physicians document Schatzki’s Ring. I understand that if the physician documents “acquired Schatzki’s Ring” that maps to code 530.3 no CC/MCC. However, how would...Read More »
