CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 47

A Note from the CCDS Coordinator: Exam prep tips from our education director

November 10, 2016
ACDIS Guidance

by Penny Richards

As the coordinator for the Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) exam program, lots of folks ask me for CCDS exam prep tips. But I’m not a CDI professional—I don’t even play one on television—so I asked our CDI Education Director and Boot Camp...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 47

News: CMS releases final 2017 physician payment rule

November 10, 2016
News

Physician payment rates will increase 0.24% for 2017 compared to 2016, according to the 2017 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, released by CMS on November 3. This increase comes after application of the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 47

News: Workgroup clarifies clinical documentation in 2017 ICD-10 guidance

November 10, 2016
Quality & Regulatory

When coders can rely on the written diagnosis statement from a provider, it may negate all clinical documentation improvement efforts, according to an issue brief released by the Workgroup for...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 47

News: Hospital rankings contradictory, cryptic, confusing

November 10, 2016
News

A research brief from the University of Michigan's Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) suggests that hospital rankings, ostensibly designed to enlighten healthcare consumers, have morphed into ...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 47

Q&A: Unavoidable complications

November 10, 2016
Ask ACDIS

Q: If a complication is clearly documented as unavoidable or due to a complex situation, should it be coded even if an intervention was done to correct it? My concern is if a complication is unavoidable and has been documented as such, is there a good enough reason to not code...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 47

Local Chapter Update: November events close out 2016

November 10, 2016
Education

Note, please contact ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas if you any upcoming meetings in November or December at mvarnavas@acdis.org.Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 46

Guest Post: Discharge summary critical to hospital data quality and pay-for-performance, part 3

April 12, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory

Time to take action

With the help of our hospital quality improvement (QI) committees, we can take action to restore the integrity of the discharge summary. Consider the following:
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 46

A Note from ACDIS: What do you mean ‘Log in?’ I am logged in!

November 3, 2016
News

Our customer service team gets calls from people who have trouble accessing the ACDIS website.  They’re logged in with their username and password—or think they’re logged in—but they’re actually not.

It’s confusing and it’s frustrating, but it is very easy to check if you are logged in....Read More »

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