Nearly 50% of providers have seen an overall increase in their denials rate compared to the previous year, according to a recent survey commissioned by AKASA. Another 27% said they saw no change, and 26% reported a decrease from 2022 to...Read More »
Q: I am hoping to get some feedback on a new type of payer denial. Respiratory failure was clinically supported in the home environment via the emergency services (EMS) run sheet clinical indicators. The ambulance crew initiated treatment, so the patient was not tripoding nor hypoxic...Read More »
As part of the 13th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Vanessa Elliott, MBA-HM, RN, CCDS, enterprise system CDI educator at WVU Medicine in West Virginia, answered these questions....Read More »
According to the 2023 CDI Week Industry Survey, more than half of CDI professionals are currently involved with the denials management or appeals process. Plus, most respondents reported dealing with the same “problem diagnoses” when asked to list their top denied...Read More »
