Q: At what stage should an established program most likely experience a reimbursement plateau? One may naturally expect the physicians to improve as CDI programs hammer them with education. After we’ve gathered all the low-hanging fruits and go for the mangos? We ran the top principal...Read More »
HCPro, Inc. and the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) are currently seeking an individual to serve as CDI Education Specialist.Read More »
Many facilities worry about the affect the new code set will have on MS-DRGs and their payments. Although the overall code changes are said to be budget neutral, that does not necessarily mean that all codes will continue to map to the MS-DRGs they do today...Read More »
"[Recovery Auditors] are doing a really good job at identifying the patients who don't have sepsis, and they're taking the money back," says ACDIS Advisory Board member Robert S. Gold, MD, CEO of DCBA, Inc., in Atlanta.
Q: I am part of a fairly new CDI department trying to amp-up our physician education/guidelines. To that end, I have been reviewing the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (the Academy) and the American Society for Parental and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN...Read More »
Q:If the physician writes septic shock instead of sepsis do I need to query for sepsis or is this an integral part and sepsis would be the principal diagnosis and the septic shock would be secondary, making it a MCC?
We are currently seeking four ACDIS members to join our advisory board in 2014. ACDIS advisors are important, volunteer positions that help shape the direction of the association and provide leadership and expertise for the membership. The term of...Read More »