Franchesca T. DeLisser, MSHI, BSN, RN, is the director of CDI at Ensemble Health Partners/Bon Secours Mercy Health—Richmond (Virginia) market. She is the co-leader for the Virginia ACDIS local chapter and has been in the CDI field since February 2014.Read More »
The fourth annual ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI conference takes place November 12-13, 2020, at The Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona, and the call for speaker applications is now open.Read More »
In a special edition of the ACDIS Podcast: Talking CDI, ACDIS Director Brian Murphy hosted four CDI leaders on how their organizations and CDI departments are handling the current COVID-19 pandemic.
While the live show experienced technical difficulties and had to be discontinued...Read More »
The ACDIS leadership team is closely monitoring the events unfolding with COVID-19 as we know you are too. Many of you are planning your events; spring has traditionally been a busy time for our local chapters.
Please know first and foremost that your health, safety, and well-being are...Read More »
Back in the day, the medical record review process consisted of the following steps: a provider documenting a diagnosis, coders coding and reporting it, and the facility getting paid. No further questions were asked about the validity of the diagnosis submitted...Read More »
The first week of the month is typically the time when ACDIS CDI Education Director Laurie Prescott and I spend with our PROPELCDI clients during their regular educational calls. It’s always heartwarming when an attendee expresses...Read More »
According to an audit from the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG), a 253-bed hospital in Topeka, Kansas, received millions in overpayments because of incorrectly billing Medicare.
The OIG audit report states that Saint Francis Health Center...Read More »
CMS has issued frequently asked questions and answers (FAQs) for healthcare providers regarding Medicare payment for laboratory tests and other services related to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The document was published after CMS received a number of questions from providers regarding...Read More »
