The Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) will soon be launching a new website. We will continue to offer CDI professionals the continuing education and training information but will also include new and improved features. Read More »
With the fourth year of open enrollment for Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace health plans just six months away, CMS is launching two new programs—Simple Choice Plans and the Quality Rating System— to help consumers make informed decisions about their health care, according to a blog post ...Read More »
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) continues to target fraudulent Kwashiorkor claims. This time, the agency found Cornerstone Hospital of Bossier City, Louisiana, was overpaid $321,971 for inpatient claims. OIG audited 73 of the 189 claims with Kwashiorkor submitted by the 62-bed long-...Read More »
Malnutrition has historically been an issue in facilities, mainly because before 2012, no standard criteria existed for adult or pediatric malnutrition. With a widespread lack of awareness of national best practice guidelines for malnutrition, identifying and diagnosing malnutrition is often...Read More »
Q: When I try to code ileostomy take down of the small bowel resection and end-to-end anastomosis I get to code 0DBB4ZZ. Is this not a repair of the ileum and coded to 0DQB3ZZ? Coding Clinic notes the prior code not the latter, but repair means restore to previous function.Read More »
For those still trying to straighten out their budgets and priorities for 2017, I thought it might be helpful to reflect on a few larger industry trends that may significantly change the the focus of our efforts related to health...Read More »
I’m asked from time to time what excites me most about the ACDIS conference. Perhaps at one time it might have been the allure of the big cities we’ve gone to—Las Vegas, San Diego, San Antonio, Nashville, or this year, Atlanta—but now the answer is easy. It’s the people. I truly believe that...Read More »
