Effective July 1, 2016, ACDIS will institute a policy and penalty fee for late Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) recertification.Read More »
As you read this, the ACDIS administrative team may likely be ensconced in a conference room examining data from its members and discussing plans for products and services for the coming months.
A good piece of that data comes from a...Read More »
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the fiscal year 2017 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule included nearly 2,000 additions to ICD-10-CM code set and more than 3,500 additions to ICD-10-PCS. With it comes a number of recommendations regarding MS-DRG classifications, as...Read More »
This will be a big year for audits between the new Recovery Auditors hitting the ground later this year, the Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organizations (BFCC-QIO) now focusing on the 2-midnight rule, and a continued increase in managed care audits, Dawn Crump, MA,...Read More »
Electronic health records may provide a number of benefits such as improving the continuity of care and making it easier to track and treat multiple co-morbid conditions, they also pose potential safety risks, according to the Toolkit for the Safe Use of Copy and Paste, published by the...Read More »
Q: When a patient does presents in acute respiratory failure, as well as overdose, is it ever appropriate to assign the acute respiratory failure as principle diagnosis as it is an acute condition that would have occasioned the admission to the hospital?Read More »
The online local chapter pages offer a wealth of information for those interested in getting to know CDI professionals from their state. In addition to the upcoming events listed below, you’ll find an actual calendar of events around the country and an interactive map which connects visitors to...Read More »
