CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 35

ACDIS Update: Membership quarterly conference call Aug. 18

August 11, 2016
News

The next ACDIS Quarterly Membership Conference Call will take place on August 18, at 1 p.m., eastern. Registration information has been e-mailed to all members. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing the dial-in information about joining the webinar.

This call...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 35

Local Chapter Update: Washington ‘Evergreen’ chapter takes steps to live up to its moniker

August 11, 2016
News, Education

When CDI professionals from the state of Washington first started meeting, the half dozen or so participants headed to a nearby restaurant (the now closed Zoopa Organics) to share their stories and a meal. That was in 2009.

In 2014, the group of 20 or so, gathered in Capital Medical...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 34

Radio Recap: Brundage discusses denials and physicians communication

March 21, 2017
Ask ACDIS, Education, Denials & Appeals

Editor’s Note: Timothy Brundage, MD, CCDS, medical director of Brundage Medical Group, LLC, in Redington Beach, Florida, presented on the ...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 34

News: CMS responds to new sepsis-3 definition

August 4, 2016
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, News, Education, Policies & Procedures, Quality & Regulatory

The newly proposed Sepsis-3 definition has been the subject of great controversy and consternation since its publication in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on February 23, 2016.  That controversial definition discarded the concept of SIRS as the basis for defining sepsis...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 34

News: CMS reduces quality reporting requirements in 2017 IPPS final rule

August 4, 2016
Clinical & Coding, News

CMS released the fiscal year (FY) 2017 IPPS final rule yesterday. CMS made changes to several quality initiatives and reversed the agency’s 0.2% payment reduction instituted along with the 2-midnight rule in the FY 2014 rule. Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 34

News: CMS proposes bundled payment models for cardiac and hip fracture care

August 4, 2016
Clinical & Coding, News, Quality & Regulatory

CMS is proposing development of bundled payment models for cardiac care and hip surgeries, according to a July 25 announcement. Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 34

Q&A: COPD exacerbation

August 4, 2016
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Does the provider have to say "acute" exacerbation of COPD or just COPD exacerbation?

A: The best way to figure out the required wording is to take a peek into a code book. If we look at the code J44.1 for COPD exacerbation, you see the word “acute” in parentheses. When words within...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 34

Local Chapter Update: Northeast CDI and Coding Symposium a success

August 4, 2016
News, Education

Those of you lucky enough to attend a local chapter event know how much fun they can be. Earlier today, ACDIS Director Brian Murphy and ACDIS Editor Katherine (Katy) Rushlau buckled in for a two-hour drive across the great state of Massachusetts into the beautiful Berkshire hills to attend the ...Read More »

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