Sepsis and its various disease progressions and complications result in nearly 270,000 deaths annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Furthermore, a number of patients sick with COVID-19 have experienced an immune response called a ...Read More »
As CDI Week gets closer, we’re getting more and more excited to celebrate with this year’s theme of ACDIS Cinema-CDI: Coming to an Organization Near You! If you haven’t already, mark your calendars for September 14-18 and join us for the...Read More »
We are already over halfway through this whirlwind of a year. Many local chapters have had to reschedule events, change them to be virtual seminars instead of in-person, or cancel them all together. Local chapters have supported others in offering free webinars throughout the pandemic available...Read More »
No matter the level of training and preparation you put into implementing a new technology, you’ll likely still encounter some struggles along the adoption journey. Inevitably, regardless of the project, there will always be a few troublesome providers, according to Vaughn Matacale, MD,...Read More »
When times get tough—and boy, they have been a bear these last few months—CDI professionals have a wonderful way of rising to the occasion. Our recent impact of COVID-19 on CDI departments...Read More »
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) posted the fiscal year (FY) 2021 ICD-10-CM final code changes. There were no changes to the proposed list of 490 new, 47 revised, and 58 invalidated codes that were released in...Read More »
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recently released its annual report to Congress. Each June, MedPAC reports on issues affecting the Medicare program and broader changes in...Read More »
