CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 16

Note from the Interim Director: Discovery, potential, and a partial goodbye

April 18, 2024
ACDIS Guidance

by Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC

The theme of the ACDIS 2024 conference was Discover and, per usual, I think the ACDIS team hit it out of the park: who among us could deny the accuracy of this theme for the CDI Universe? However, though the CDI Universe is...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 16

News: One in five Medicaid enrollees disenrolled since March 2023

April 18, 2024
News

More than 20 million people have been disenrolled from Medicaid, according to a recent study cited by the ...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 16

News: FY 2025 IPPS proposal includes new CC designations for SDOH codes, operating payment rate increase

April 18, 2024
Clinical & Coding, News, Quality & Regulatory

Last week, CMS released the hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2025,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 16

News: Breast cancer care inequities cause lack of treatment, study suggests

April 18, 2024
Clinical & Coding, News

The Lancet Breast Cancer Commission recently concluded that access inequities in breast cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and supportive care have left many patients “systematically left behind and forgotten,”...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 16

Q&A: Reducing denials for CPT critical care services with documentation

April 18, 2024
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: What documentation criteria are required to report CPT critical care codes 99291-99292?

A: First, you have to document high-complexity medical decision-making (MDM) and that's using whatever methodology is currently put forth in the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 16

ACDIS update: Join us in celebrating HIP Week from April 15-19!

April 18, 2024
ACDIS Guidance, News

It’s hip to be a health information professional during Health Information Professionals Week (HIP Week)!

From April 15-19, we ask you to join ACDIS and AHIMA in raising awareness about the wonderful work the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 16

ACDIS update: Become a speaker at the 2025 ACDIS conference!

April 18, 2024
ACDIS Guidance

ACDIS is seeking speakers to present at in-person events such as the 2025 ACDIS national conference that will be held May 4-7, 2025, in sunny Orlando, Florida! The annual ACDIS conference features a diverse range of sessions covering CDI best practices for staff management, physician engagement...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 16

ACDIS update: Vote for the new members of the ACDIS Advisory Board!

April 18, 2024
ACDIS Guidance

Who would you want to advise you in these fast and changing CDI times?

Certainly, you would want some of the marvelous candidates for ACDIS Advisory Board offering advice as the industry changes!

Members of the ...Read More »

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