The OIG recently reviewed $51.6 million in Medicare Part B payments to acute care hospitals only to find that Medicare did not appropriately pay the hospitals for any of the reviewed outpatient services.Read More »
The 2018 CPT manual contains a total of 314 code changes, including updates that range from revised observation visits in the E/M chapter to new photodynamic therapy services in the medicine chapter and two new modifiers, according to...Read More »
A few seats have become available at next week’s ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI in Oak Brook, Illinois. If you’re interested in attending, contact Caison Morisey at 800-650-6787 ext. 8108, ...Read More »
Last week’s Talk10Tuesday podcast featured one of ACDIS’ own members, Tracy Boldt, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, for a chat about outpatient CDI. Boldt is the system manager of CDI at Essentia Health,...Read More »
Those who visit the ACDIS Forum know just how helpful and generous ACDIS members are with their time and knowledge. Often, when a member posts a resource or example on the Forum, the ACDIS leadership reaches out for permission to share with the wider ACDIS community. This week, that exact...Read More »
Outpatient CDI is a fast-growing area of the profession. So, I’m excited to announce a new resource that will be an incredibly useful tool for those expanding to the outpatient arena. Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, and Cynthia Tang,...Read More »
The concept of Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC) is not new; CMS implemented the HCC model in 2004 as a way to determine capitated payments for Medicare Advantage plans. With the number of patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage...Read More »