CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 56

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: A glass half full of financial return

December 19, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Denials & Appeals, Policies & Procedures

by Melissa Varnavas

In 2017, nearly 38% of CDI professionals said they review medical records primarily for financial outcomes, according to an ACDIS benchmarking survey. ACDIS sources sounded alarm bells saying:

  • “On the one hand, those numbers were really very
    • ...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 56

News: RADV audits to intensify in 2020, OIG says

December 19, 2019
Denials & Appeals, News, Quality & Regulatory

CMS reported that it plans to begin audits that would include chart reviews for validity of diagnoses in 2020 after a recent study by the Office of Inspector General (OIG). The study  found potential issues with the extent to which chart reviews are leveraged by Medicare Advantage Organizations...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 56

News: New vaping-related disorder code available, CDC announces

December 19, 2019
Clinical & Coding, News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that there is a new ICD-10-CM code-- U07.0, Vaping-related disorder—established by the World Health Organizations (WHO), effective April 1, 2020.

Find full addenda information for the new code here and here.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 56

News: Hospitals might not be meeting sepsis quality improvement standards, study finds

December 19, 2019
News, Quality & Regulatory

Safety-net hospitals may not have adequate resources to comply with federal and state sepsis quality improvement standards required of acute care hospitals, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Critical Care .

Researchers analyzed data from 2,827 hospitals and...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 56

Q&A: Resubmitting denied claims

December 19, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS, Denials & Appeals

How should we handle denied claims when the payer refuses payment under the billed status? Do we need to document that the status was changed only because the payer did not agree to any other options?Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 56

ACDIS update: ACDIS offices closed for holidays

December 19, 2019
ACDIS Guidance

Update: The ACDIS team will be out of the offce on New Year's Day, Wednesday, January 1, 2020. We will be back in the office on Tuesday, January 2. Happy New Year!

To celebrate the holidays next week, the ACDIS offices will be closed. While our customer care team...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 56

ACDIS update: Last call for CDI Scholarship applications, deadline December 31

December 19, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

The holidays aren’t the only thing that’s right around the corner: The deadline to apply for the first-ever ACDIS CDI Scholarship program is Tuesday, December 31, 2019. The Scholarship Committee will reconvene in the new year to review applications and select recipients for the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 56

ACDIS update: Holiday cheer, CDI style

December 19, 2019
ACDIS Guidance

To spread some holiday cheer, the CDI Leadership Insider, the eNewsletter sent to ACDIS CDI Leadership Council members, asked members to rap about the best gift they've received from their CDI team this year. Read on for their festive reflections.

From all of us at ACDIS...Read More »

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