Director’s Note: Quarterly Conference Call agenda includes query discussion, guidance from CMS contractors

The ACDIS quarterly conference call is scheduled for today, Thursday, February 16, from 1-2 p.m. ET. ACDIS members should have received dial-in instructions via e-mail. If you did not receive instructions, e-mail ACDIS Member Services Specialist Penny Richards at prichards@cdiassociation.com.

Recordings of all quarterly conference calls are posted as digital downloads on the ACDIS website.

• Introduction of new advisory board members; recap of vote
• Annual conference update
• Association updates
  • CDI Professional of the Year: Nominations closed, awards at conference
  • New local chapter map, chapters

• Glenn Krauss: NGS transmittal on “good practice” of documentation and physicians as partners. Note: Krauss will briefly reference a few recent transmittals issued by MACs; download them on our quarterly conference calls page.
• Pre-submitted questions from members and live Q&A
  • Use of check boxes on query forms
  • Queries post-discharge, pre final billing
  • BMI, obesity, and queries
  • Best practices for allocating CDS assignments (floor, unit, service, etc.)
  • Medical necessity and collaboration with case management