The backlog of Medicare appeals could be cleared by 2021, according to a proposed rule released by CMS and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services on June 28.
The fiscal year (FY) 2017 IPPS proposed rule included some significant changes to Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) 90, one of which is a new name: The Patient Safety and Adverse Events Composite. A fact sheet recently released by the measure's owner, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality...Read More »
Q: I am with a CDI program that is starting to explore the severity of illness/risk of mortality (SOI/ROM). I personally have been reviewing for SOI/ROM for quite a while. I usually designate the impact (MCC/CC/SOI/ROM) after the billing is done and see if what I queried for...Read More »
An email was sent to local chapter leaders on June 20, with a number of reminders and chapter business requests. If you are a chapter leader and did not receive that email please contact ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas at ...Read More »
The new ACDIS Career Center allows you to upload your resume, browse open positions, and sign up for alerts about new jobs specific to your criteria. If you’re looking to hire, we have job posting options (discounted for ACDIS members) as well as the ability to browse our resume database. ...Read More »
One size does NOT fit all when it comes to health insurance. Beneficiaries range from the extremely healthy 65-year-old—the poster child for “65 is the new 45”—to a 65-year old suffering from COPD from a lifetime of smoking, cancer, and a hereditary condition such as Type 1 diabetes. The result...Read More »
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is concerned about the documentation and coding reduction, changes to disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments, and the implementation of many of CMS’s quality programs detailed in the CMS IPPS Proposed Rule for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, according to a ...Read More »