CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 15

ACDIS update: Take our physician advisor survey and help ACDIS understand the scope of this role!

April 13, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries

At ACDIS, we recognize that the world of CDI is constantly evolving, and physicians are playing greater roles in this area than ever before. Consequently, we’re looking to understand the nuances of physician advisors’ roles: What are your primary responsibilities? Are you still practicing...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 15

ACDIS update: New podcast covers physician and CDI collaboration, earn CEUs by Friday!

April 13, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Provider engagement is always a huge topic in the world of CDI, but that doesn’t have to be the end of your collaboration together. This week for the ACDIS Podcast, our guest is Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, a CDI education specialist for HCPro and ACDIS based in...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 15

Local chapter update: Tell us your plans for state table decorations at the ACDIS conference!

April 13, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Are you coming to the ACDIS conference in Chicago, May 8–11? Those of you who have attended in the past may recall that the second full day of the event on Wednesday, May 10 is State Pride Day! Attendees are encouraged to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 14

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: The return of outpatient CDI expansion plans

April 6, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, Outpatient CDI

by Linnea Archibald

When I started with ACDIS in January 2017, outpatient CDI was already a hot topic, a popular expansion opportunity. For the next three years, we continued to see interest in this...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 14

News: CMS releases 2024 Medicare Advantage, Part D Rate fact sheet

April 6, 2023
Clinical & Coding, News

On March 31, 2023, CMS released the Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitulation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies Fact Sheet for calendar year (CY) 2024. CMS stated...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 14

News: New ICD-10-CM/PCS diagnosis and procedure codes in effect April 1, big focus on SDOH

April 6, 2023
Clinical & Coding, News, Quality & Regulatory

Both the CDC and CMS have implemented coding changes effective April 1, 2023.

CMS implemented 34 new ICD-10-PCS procedure codes in their quarterly update. In the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 14

News: SCOTUS agrees to hear case determining scienter standard for FCA cases

April 6, 2023
Denials & Appeals, News

This judicial term, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has agreed to hear two joint cases regarding the standard of scienter (“intent or knowledge of wrongdoing”) in legal situations pertaining to the False Claims Act (FCA).

The cases under review, ...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 14

Q&A: Querying pathology results

April 6, 2023
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

Q: If the radiology or pathology report stated ovarian cancer but the physician never documented an ovarian mass, is it true you can’t use a present on admission (POA) query to capture the ovarian cancer because the physician made no reference to it? Would you need to use either an...Read More »

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