Want to present at the 10th Annual ACDIS Conference, to be held May 9-12, 2017 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV? Applications are due Monday, September 12, and can be accessed...Read More »
Last week on the blog, we provided readers with a list of fun indoor activities to keep you busy when you’re not in the conference. If hiking and adventuring are more your speed, though, the Las Vegas area offers a wide range of attractions for you as well.
I recently celebrated my third anniversary working for ACDIS and HCPro. We are currently training a new instructor, and that has made me a bit reminiscent of my last few years and my career in CDI. I honestly think this is the best job in...Read More »
The central Pennsylvania ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, March 31, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Pinnacle Health Community General Osteopathic Hospital in Harrisburg.Read More »
CMS doled out $1.5 billion to more than a third of U.S. hospitals as part of a longstanding Medicare billing dispute, according to data released by the agency. The top payouts include New York-Presbyterian Hospital ($16 million), North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York ($14.5...Read More »
Hospitals on average misidentify between 7% and 10% of incoming patients when registration staff search the electronic health record (EHR) database for patient records, according to Becker's Hospital CFO.Read More »
At this time last year, many CDI specialists, providers, and coders worried about the arrival of ICD-10; some spoke of doomsday scenarios with mountains of claim denials and delayed payments. One year later, the debut of ICD-10 is earning widespread comparisons to Y2K, the turn-of-the-century...Read More »
