CDI Strategies - Volume 8, Issue 17

News: IPPS final rule focused on quality

August 14, 2014
News

A significant portion of updates in the Fiscal Year 2015 IPPS final rule pertain to the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program, the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, and the Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 8, Issue 17

News: Safety net hospitals penalized by VBP initiatives, study shows

August 14, 2014
News

Safety net hospitals—those with a Medicare Disproportionate Share patient percentage in the highest quartile—have a higher risk of reimbursement reductions associated with various Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) initiatives such as the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP), according to a...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 8, Issue 17

News: Recovery Auditors restart reviews; Senate weighs in on payment methodology

August 14, 2014
News, Quality & Regulatory

Due to the continued delay in awarding new Recovery Auditor (RA) contracts, CMS made modifications to the current RA contracts allowing them to restart some reviews. Most will be done on an automated basis, but a limited number will be complex reviews of topics selected by CMS. In the meantime,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 8, Issue 17

News: Dual coding/CDI highlights holes in ICD-10 education, documentation, and program efficiencies

August 14, 2014
News

Have you started dual coding for ICD-9 and ICD-10? Two facilities shared their experiences during a July AHA webinar. The first task is to determine what dual coding means for your facility, said Nelly Leon-Chisen, RHIA, director of coding and classification for the AHA. Are you coding...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 8, Issue 17

News: ACDIS announces several important changes to CCDS exam

August 14, 2014
News

The following changes to the Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) credential and associated materials will take effect October 1, 2014:

1. Exam eligibility period will change from one year to 120 days in which to schedule and take the exam: Candidates will have 120...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 8, Issue 17

News: ACDIS Membership Quarterly Conference Call scheduled

August 14, 2014
News

The next ACDIS Quarterly Membership Conference Call is scheduled for Wednesday, August 27 (note: not typical Thursday), from 1 to2 p.m. Eastern. Dial-in instructions will be sent to ACDIS members this week (please check your spam filters and email permissions to ensure you receive...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 8, Issue 17

Q&A: Including diagnosis from consult notes

August 14, 2014
Ask ACDIS

Q: How would the following be viewed if it was included in a cardiology consult note: 

“Mr. X has paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. He had a recurrence last night which was asymptomatic. We think this happens all the time at home. This is not a pacing...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 8, Issue 16

Q&A: What to do with unanswered queries

April 1, 2015
Ask ACDIS, Physician Queries

Q: In my facility, we are supposed to send an e-mail to our physician advisor (PA) and to administration if a query is not answered within a week. However, this policy doesn’t work well because administration does not do anything with that information, and the PA doesn’t...Read More »

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