CMS hosts a national provider call on transitioning to ICD-10 Wednesday, November 5, at 1:30 p.m., ET. The agenda for the 90-minute call includes:Read More »
ACDIS Associate Director Melissa Varnavas and Membership Services Specialist Penny Richards were fortunate enough to join in the Indiana ACDIS Chapter conference call on Wednesday, October 8. During the call we reviewed the benefits of ACDIS membership and discussed the CCDS application and...Read More »
Never fear, ICD-10 will be here (hopefully) by this time next year.A week ago, the industry sounded (yet again) the one-year alarm to raise awareness for ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation. CMS guaranteed once and again that no further delays would be implemented, so those in the coding and...Read More »
If the hospital documentation, including history and physical and progress notes, doesn't support medical necessity of an inpatient surgical procedure, the physician&'s Part B claim for performing the procedure would be denied. A recent transmittal...Read More »
The ACDIS California Chapter has been meeting since 2009. Originally three separate groups planned to meet in southern, central, and northern regions of the state to network and share ideas. Such efforts morphed into monthly telephone conference calls which allowed CDI professionals throughout...Read More »
CMS is currently looking for 850 volunteers from various specialties and sizes for the January 26-30 ICD-10 end-to-end testing. During this testing phase,...Read More »
After announcing its intention to essentially cut a deal with hospitals in order to settle a backlog of pending denials’ appeals, it now appears that CMS may not have the authority to do so, according to a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell...Read More »
In exchange for dropping appeals, CMS says it will provide partial payment of previously denied claims to acute care and critical access hospitals,...Read More »
