Hospitals may be better at preventing early readmissions but outpatient clinics and home-based interventions are better for preventing late readmissions, according to...Read More »
Clinicians working in ambulatory surgical centers may soon have more discretion over when to conduct comprehensive medical H&Ps, if CMS’ proposed changes to the Medicare Conditions of Participation and Conditions for Coverage are implemented.Read More »
The Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists(ACDIS) is proud to sponsor the eighth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week. This week is a time to recognize CDI specialists for the critical role
CDI is a diverse field, involving multiple disciplines both directly in a CDI professional role and indirectly through interdepartmental collaboration. That’s what the 2018 CDI Week theme is all about—“CDI Mosaic: Creating a Collaborative Portrait.” This year’s Industry Overview Survey bore out...Read More »
According to a recent report from the RAND Corporation, public rankings of hospital quality would be more accurate and useful if they incorporated the different ways patients judge a hospital’s performance.Read More »
The AHA recently launched the AHA Center for Health Innovation to help hospitals and healthcare systems build the capabilities they need at-scale to success in value-based care.Read More »
In a ruling, a U.S. district judge sided with UnitedHealth, which argued that the rule requiring MA plans to return overpayments based on an analysist of its members...Read More »
Along with quality measure removals in the 2018 OPPS and MPFS final rules, CMS continues to propose additional removals in its proposals for 2019 and it wants greater flexibility to remove quality measures in the future.Read More »
