Vinita Magoon, DO, JD, MBA, MPH, CMQ, presented a poster at the 2018 ACDIS Conference entitled “Using denial data to improve outpatient clinical documentation.” Read More »
Q:Under what circumstances would it be appropriate for a patient who does not meet inpatient criteria to be registered as outpatient receiving observation services?Read More »
By Anny Yuen, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CDIP, and Page Knauss, BSN, RN, LNC, ACM, CPC, CDEO
The brevity of the patient encounter requires an organization’s outpatient CDI program to focus on improving documentation from the beginning. One of the goals for outpatient CDI should be to reduce...Read More »
By Anny Yuen, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CDIP, and Page Knauss, BSN, RN, LNC, ACM, CPC, CDEO
Ambulatory surgery and pre-admission testing include pre-scheduled patient visits. Typically, a patient will have a physician order at the time of pre-admission testing, requesting lab work or X-...Read More »
In 2017, we launched a new live event focused on the ever-growing and changing outpatient arena. I’m pleased to announce that we will be hosting the event again in 2018. Next year’s ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI will be bigger and better, but...Read More »
Rush University Medical Center in Chicago did not comply with Medicare billing requirements for 57 inpatient and outpatient claims reviewed by the OIG, according to the OIG’s November report. According to the report, this...Read More »
The improper payment rate for hospital outpatient services for the 2016 CERT report period was 5.4%, at a projected cost of $3.1 billion, which accounts for 7.5% of the overall Medicare fee-for-service improper payment rate.Read More »
