Ten years have passed since we founded the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists, and to say I have met some good people along the way is a gross understatement. I have met some GREAT people over the last decade, without whom ACDIS would not be where it is today.Read More »
The improper payment rate for hospital outpatient services for the 2016 CERT report period was 5.4%, at a projected cost of $3.1 billion, which accounts for 7.5% of the overall Medicare fee-for-service improper payment rate.Read More »
By Janie L. Brown, RN
CDI came on the healthcare scene relatively recently, and at its inception, reimbursement was king—the principal aim of such programs was to capture additional money by moving the CC/MCC and CMI needle.Read More »
Q:A patient had a kidney/pancreas transplant. The dialysis fistula he had is not working, but remains in place and unused for over a year. He has stable stage IV CKD. His diabetes is no longer being treated, and A1c,...Read More »
In the White Paper, the ACDIS Advisory Board provides an overview of the shifting reimbursement landscape, strategies for working closer with quality, and ideas to get started.Read More »
Let’s say you’re a lonely CDI program looking to take that next step, to meet a physician advisor for a long term-commitment. You’re not finding anyone of interest on “Documentation Tinder,” but just maybe that profile on CDImatch.com...Read More »
Over the last couple weeks, the ACDIS community has graciously contributed several CDI tip cards for some common problematic diagnoses to the ACDIS Resource Library.Read More »
