There’s lots of strategies available to encourage participation, manage volunteers, and make handing off ownership to new local chapter leaders. over the next couple weeks, we’ll offer 10 ideas for you to try. Here are the first five.Read More »
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM), a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, reported in “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System,” that medical errors represent one of the leading causes of mortality in the United...Read More »
I’m excited to open the call for presenters for two parts of the Symposium that actively foster these idea exchanges. The first is the Lightning Round, where we combine four or five quick presentations into a one-hour session, and the second is our first poster...Read More »
CMS announced on Saturday that all payments to insurers under the risk-adjustment program, including payments for the 2017 benefit year, will be suspended pending the...Read More »
Q:In what instance would septic shock not be coded as the principal diagnosis? I’ve been under the impression that it should always be principal.Read More »
“There are so many paths that [the CDI] profession has to offer—so many branches of interest, so many ways the CDI department can collaborate with others and assist in the overall quality of the medical record,” writes ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas,...Read More »
