CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 35

News: FY 2019 IPPS final rule released, reduces quality reporting requirements

August 9, 2018
Clinical & Coding, News

An overhaul of the newly coined Promoting Interoperability Programs (PIP, formerly known as the Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs), significant reductions to reporting requirements for quality initiatives, updates to payment rates, and changes CC/MCC designations for some conditions,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 35

News: Prime Healthcare settles false-claims suit for $65 million

August 9, 2018
News, Quality & Regulatory

Prime Healthcare in Ontario, California, and its founder and CEO, Dr. Prem Reddy, have agreed to pay $65 million to end a lawsuit alleging the hospital chain engaged in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare, the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 35

Q&A: CVA and stroke related to encephalopathy

August 9, 2018
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Often, we get caught up on some clinical indicators that potentially introduce encephalopathy, for example, if patient has vascular dementia or other structural issues that might contribute to encephalopathy. Can you help...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 35

News: OIG fines EHR vendor $132,500 for patient safety reporting failures

August 9, 2018
News, Quality & Regulatory

Only months after eClinicalWorks was sued for nearly $1 billion over inaccurate and unreliable data, the OIG fined the software company $132,500 for failing to report patient safety issues with its...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 35

ACDIS update: Meet the 2018 CDI Week Committee

August 9, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

With CDI Week kicking off in 38 days (September 17-21, 2018), the ACDIS team wanted to take this opportunity to introduce you to the members of this year’s committee.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 35

ACDIS update: ACDIS poll reveals percentage “unable to determine” query answers

August 9, 2018
Ask ACDIS, Physician Queries

Ever wonder how your CDI program ranks in terms of physician query responses? Wondering if your facility is the only one that struggles to reduce the number of doctors who habitually answer “unable to determine” as a means to bypass supporting CDI?Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 35

ACDIS update: CCDS-O content outline released

August 9, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Education, Outpatient CDI

The Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist-Outpatient (CCDS-O) committee released the CCDS-O content outline, which is now available for review on the CCDS-O...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 35

Local chapter updates: Topically diverse full-day events available locally

August 9, 2018
Education

ACDIS recommend local chapters and networking groups host quarterly meetings. It’s a cadence which experience has shown provides enough regularity to keep members engaged and interested in collaborating without being too rigorous as to be onerous and impeding on CDI specialists professional and...Read More »

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