CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 50

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December 8, 2016
ACDIS Guidance

Throughout the past few months, the ACDIS administration has been fortunate enough to visit with Patricia Barry, CDI manager for Cape Cod Health at Falmouth Hospital in Massachusetts, and with the CDI team at Beverly (MA) Hospital (shoutout to Cheryl Beaulieu, Debra Womersley, Kathy McDiarmid,...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 49

Book Excerpt: Understanding basic types of denials

April 19, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Denials & Appeals

by Tanja Twist, MBA/HCM

You can’t manage what you don’t understand. So, the first step in any effective denials management program is to develop an understanding of the what constitutes a denial, as well as the different types of denials and their contributing causes.

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CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 49

Note from the Director: ACDIS announces new timeline for advisory board applications and elections

December 1, 2016
ACDIS Guidance

by Brian D. Murphy

The ACDIS advisory board recently announced a new timeline for applications and elections to serve on the board. Beginning in 2017, the application period will open in mid-January. Candidates will have three weeks to complete their application. A committee will...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 49

News: Survey finds CDI helps improve ICD-10 transition, revenue, and quality

December 1, 2016
CDI Expansion, News

Call CDI a magic elixir. It enhanced hospitals’ quality of care, case mix index, and ICD-10 transition, according to a recent Black Book Market Research...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 49

News: 2017 OIG Work Plan released

December 1, 2016
News, Quality & Regulatory

Every year the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) publishes a list of its audit targets for the following calendar year. Although this hefty tome tops 100 pages, it’s worth a review to ensure the OIG’s targets aren’t diagnoses and documentation trouble spots at your facility.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 49

Q&A: Including “unable to clinically determine” in multiple choice queries

December 1, 2016
Ask ACDIS

Q: One of my CDI specialists thought we needed the phrase “unable to clinically determine” as an option on every multiple choice query we send. My take on it is that if we have “other” with an option for free text, that would cover us for compliance. Further, I thought...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 49

Local Chapter Update: New York regions begin CDI outreach

December 1, 2016
Education

Three different regions in New York started CDI networking outreach in the last month—Westchester (County), Central (regional near Syracuse), and Champlain Valley (connecting CDI professionals on both side of the great lake in Vermont and New York).Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 49

News: CMS holds call for appeals settlement

December 1, 2016
News

CMS will hold a MLN Connects® National Provider Call on Monday, December 12, 1:30-3 p.m., Eastern, regarding the 2016 hospital appeals settlement update, which became available to providers with outstanding claims denials as of December 1.

On November 3, 2016, CMS provided details on the...Read More »

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