CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 43

News: AMA offers providers free tools for MACRA

October 13, 2016
News, Quality & Regulatory, Education

The new system outlined in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) represents the most significant change to Medicare in a generation, says Andrew Gurman, MD, president of the American Medical Association, in an October 5 conference call with news media.

Under MACRA,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 43

Q&A: Tips for new CDI specialists

October 13, 2016
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Education

Q: I’m a new CDI specialist and I am terrified by all of the new information I have to learn. What do you suggest?Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 43

Local Chapter Update: Washington Evergreen chapter celebrates successful event

October 13, 2016
News, Education

The Washington Evergreen ACDIS Chapter had more than two dozen CDI specialists converge on Swedish Medical Center in Seattle last Thursday, October 6.

“The accommodations were great, the cafeteria was great, and the presentation was fabulous,” says past-chapter leader Susan Browne, who...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 42

Guest Post: Discharge summary critical to hospital data quality and pay-for-performance, part 2

April 4, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory

The third reason that the discharge summary is more important than the H&P is that, given that the ICD-10-CM principal diagnosis establishes the foundation for the diagnosis-related group (DRG) essential to cost-efficiency measurement, we must be crystal clear what condition we determined ...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 42

A Note from the Associate Director of Product Development: Which training program is right for me?

October 6, 2016
ACDIS Guidance, News, Education

by Rebecca Hendren

ACDIS has a number of training and educational materials and it can be hard to decide which program best fits your needs. Our members often ask me to recommend a program for them, so I thought I’d share my short answers to help you figure out which program is...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 42

News: District court denies motion to delay proceedings in appeals backlog case

October 6, 2016
News, Quality & Regulatory

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied the Department of Health and Human Services’ claim to delay proceedings in an appeals backlog case until September 30, 2017, according to a civil action notice released by the Court.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 42

News: CMS transitions CERT contractors

October 6, 2016
News, Quality & Regulatory

The Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program received a new assignment this summer. On August 16, CMS awarded CERT Review Contractors work to AdvanceMed, an NCI company, eliminating the existing CERT Documentation Contractors effective October 13, 2016, according to a statement published...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 42

News: Thorough documentation required for E/M billing, CMS reminds providers

October 6, 2016
News, Physician Queries, Education

Physicians often ask why documentation matters to them. Last week, CMS sent out a reminder regarding the importance of complete and accurate documentation related to physician evaluation and management (E/M) codes.Read More »

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