Q:Do you have any advice or guidance on how to conduct chart reviews for beginners in CDI? I am looking for specific strategies and approaches that might help our program, such as viewing labs first, or looking at emergency room (ER) notes, or history and physical notes...Read More »
In exchange for dropping appeals, CMS says it will provide partial payment of previously denied claims to acute care and critical access hospitals,...Read More »
The CDI Pocket Guide 2015 update is under development, and authors Dr. Richard Pinson and Cynthia Tang hope to exceed your expectations. If you’re a previous buyer please share your suggestions and any "wish list" items with them at info@...Read More »
Q: We’re having a lot of discussions with physicians right now and need to get some clarity on acute cor pulmonale versus chronic. Do you have any insight on that differentiation between the two with right-sided heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), shortness of...Read More »
by Shannon Newell, RHIA, CCS, Steve Weichhand, and Sean Johnson
Since the implementation of the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) Program in 2013, CMS has adjusted the MS-DRG payment for each traditional Medicare discharge. The type and amount of the adjustment, which could...Read More »
Due to the heightened demand in presenting at the Eighth Annual Conference at the San Antonio Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas, May 19-21, 2015, the speaker application deadline has been extended through Friday, Sept. 5.Read More »
CMS and its contractors will conduct three ICD-10-CM/PCS testing periods in November, March, and June, according to a recent MedLearn Matters (MM8858).
