Sometimes writing for the ACDIS Blog feels like screaming into a pillow…you do it for your own benefit, because there’s no one to hear you. I’m very grateful that Brian Murphy, Melissa Varnavas, Linnea Archibald, and Carolyn Riel let me...Read More »
I am terrible at multiple-choice standardized tests. People laugh when I tell them the hardest test I ever took was the CPR exam—yes, that CPR test. It is not that I lack competence in CPR (although it has been a few years...Read More »
CMS proposes to extrapolate results from Medicare Advantage (MA) audits and apply an overall error rate for all plans, according to an article in FierceHealthcare...Read More »
Hospitals may be trying to avoid readmitting patients in order to sidestep CMS penalties under Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), according to a new study published in The BMJ.
Q: When a patient comes in with two diagnoses and the documentation reflects that either could be the principal diagnosis, do we choose the principal as the diagnosis that is being treated more intensely, or do we choose the higher paying DRG? Is it true that when a patient comes in...Read More »
CDI Week is only a fortnight away and CDI professionals everywhere are busy preparing for the event which takes place Sept. 16-21. This year’s theme is “CDI Superheroes: The Heroes Hospitals Deserve.”
You can get your superhero suit all spiffed up ahead of the celebrations by sharing your...Read More »
