CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 52

Note from the ACDIS Director: Live from the Outpatient CDI Symposium

November 14, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Outpatient CDI

by Brian Murphy

If our home office in Middleton, Massachusetts, is a little slow to respond this week, it’s because we’re up to the top of our cowboy boots in outpatient CDI, at the third annual ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI. My note is coming from you live from the floor of...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 52

News: HAC Reduction Program not associated with patient safety improvement, study suggests

November 14, 2019
News, Policies & Procedures, Quality & Regulatory

The declining rate of some hospital-acquired conditions was not because of the penalty-driven Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program, according to a study recently published in Health Affairs.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 52

News: National Academy of Medicine publishes strategies for reducing physician burnout

November 14, 2019
News, Quality & Regulatory

A new report from the National Academy of Medicine says that between one-third and one-half of U.S. clinicians experience burnout, Credentialing Resource Center reported.

Emotional exhaustion, detachment, and a low sense of personal accomplishment caused by burnout can jeopardize...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 52

News: 1,500 hospitals will receive roughly $1.9 billion in VBP bonuses, CMS says

November 14, 2019
News

More than 1,500 hospitals will receive about $1.9 billion in bonuses for fiscal 2020 the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program, CMS reported. The results are similar to last year, with about 55% of participants receiving bonuses, Modern Healthcare reported.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 52

Q&A: Reporting CVA and hemiplegia

November 14, 2019
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

If the primary diagnosis is cerebral vascular accident (CVA), can we have a secondary diagnosis of hemiplegia to add a CC? Or is this considered in the same Major Diagnostic Category (MDC), diseases and disorders of the nervous system?Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 52

ACDIS update: Quarterly Conference Call on Thursday, November 21, to focus on physician engagement

November 14, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

ACDIS members are invited to participate in ACDIS’ Quarterly Membership Conference Call next week on Thursday, November 21. During the call, the ACDIS Advisory Board members and other ACDIS experts will discuss provider engagement and how deep, clinically integrated engagement can affect CDI...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 52

Certification update: New online process for applications, recertifications launched

November 14, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Education

ACDIS new online certification processes began in September. No more paper applications, faxes, or scans, or emails. No more paper checks. You can apply to sit for the exam (either the Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist [CCDS] or the CCDS-Outpatient [CCDS-O]) via the new online,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 52

ACDIS update: CDI Regulatory Committee comments on proposed sepsis coding, CC/MCC changes

November 14, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

The ACDIS CDI Regulatory Committee submitted comments to CMS and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding the recent proposed sepsis coding changes, supporting the proposal to update the sepsis codes to align with the sepsis-3 definition. Specifically, they suggested that...Read More »

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