The OIG recently reviewed $51.6 million in Medicare Part B payments to acute care hospitals only to find that Medicare did not appropriately pay the hospitals for any of the reviewed outpatient services.Read More »
The majority (57%) of healthcare payers and providers believe predictive analytics will save their organizations 15% or more over the next five years, according to a 2017 Predictive Analytics in Healthcare Trend...Read More »
Q:Why would the principal diagnosis be catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) when sepsis is also present? I thought it would be always be sepsis. Read More »
The ACDIS community is a close-knit group—sharing stories, offering help and advice. One of the many things the ACDIS team loves doing is hearing members’ stories and disseminating them to the larger ACDIS membership. Sometimes this takes the form of an interview on a specific topic for the ...Read More »
The call for speaker applications closed this past Monday and the Conference Committee will begin its deliberations this week. But while we’re busy planning the 2018 ACDIS National Conference, the...Read More »
In 2016, the majority of CDI professionals earned between $70,000 and $79,000. With all the shifts in CDI focus areas, however, did salary earnings increase as well?Read More »
ACDIS local chapters come in all shapes and sizes—from coffee shop meet-ups, to all-day events with multiple speakers. Recently, two large local chapters—Kentucky and Indiana—joined forces for a comprehensive full-day event.Read More »