ACDIS invites you to join a work group to research industry needs and develop best practices for physician/provider queries. The work group deliverables will serve to educate members and the industry on ongoing physician and provider query questions, and will be conducted in conjunction with the...Read More »
This is a special reminder that the events team has decided to offer a discount to current members of the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council for the 2025 ACDIS conference! The conference takes place ...Read More »
If you are looking to recognize your incredible CDI colleagues for all the work they do, we encourage you to nominate them for our ACDIS Achievement Awards by Tuesday, December 31, 2024. This year, ACDIS is offering five different...Read More »
Over a nine-year period, from 2001 to 2010, physicians increased billing of higher level evaluation and management (E/M) codes in all types of E/M services, according to an Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report released in May...Read More »
Patients of physicians using dictated electronic health records appear to be receiving lower quality care than those of physicians who use structured or even free-text documentation. At least that’s the findings of a recent study by Jeffrey A. Linder, PhD, division of general medicine and...Read More »
The latest Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) was released May 24. CDI specialists may access the report via their facility QualityNet account, located here: www.qualitynet.org.
A delay in ICD-10’s implementation has definitely caused angst, especially for coding staff, says Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, regional managing director of HIM, NCAL revenue cycle, at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. & Hospitals in Oakland, Calif. “I think...Read More »
