As director of ACDIS, I could not be prouder of the way our members and the CDI community as a whole have stepped up in the midst of the worst pandemic since the days of the Spanish flu. COVID-19 has overwhelmed emergency departments and ICUs, exposed flaws in...Read More »
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently released a checklist to help medical practices shut down due to COVID-19 take steps to safely reopen, reported...Read More »
According to the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS, first quarter 2020, “when COVID-19 meets the definition of principal or first-listed diagnosis, code U07.1, COVID-19, should be sequenced first, and followed by the appropriate codes for associated...Read More »
A Commonwealth Fund study performed by researches from Harvard University found that outpatient visits for more than 50,000 providers declined by nearly 60% in mid-March when COVID-19...Read More »